What’s more useful than BMI? All you need to know about a 2000-year-old technique to measure body composition
Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...
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Want To Know If You’re Overweight? Forget BMI—Measure This, Says a Team of Experts
BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...
Creating uncertainty is a Trump negotiating tactic: BMI's Chief Economist
Cedric Chehab, BMI's Chief Economist, discusses President Trump's proposed policies on TikTok, tariffs and energy.
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'A terrible tool': The problem with BMI
"But if your BMI is 30 and that's largely made up of fat, particularly if that fat's carried around the central area or around your heart, then that becomes an unhealthy situation. "So the old ...
Medscape1d
Successful Pediatric Obesity Treatment Linked With Long-Term Health
The team categorized pediatric obesity treatment response, based on changes in body mass index standard deviation score, as ...
Firstpost3d
Want to measure body fat? This 2,000-year-old trick is better than BMI
BMI is clearly not an accurate indicator of health. Instead, it would be useful to access a direct measure of the percentage of body fat that is so closely linked to cardiovascular disease. To do that ...
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Exposure to air pollution before conception linked to higher BMI in children
Research on a cohort of Chinese mothers and their children has found exposure to elevated levels of particulate matter in the ...
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What's The New Definition Of Obesity, Does It Include BMI? Lancet’s Updated Guidelines Explained
As per Indian doctors and researchers, new definition and guidelines for obesity were needed as the old 2009 guidelines relied solely on BMI to diagnose obesity. Research now shows BMI alone is not ...
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...
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Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight Getty An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to ...