Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.
An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...
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People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.
People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
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Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive ...