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Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.
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Stop Relying On BMI As Only Measure of Obesity, Says Lancet Report: ‘Fit People Likely Ruled Overweight’
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...
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Why Your Waistline Tells More About Your Body Composition Than Your BMI
A global commission of 56 medical experts is calling for redefining obesity, emphasizing more comprehensive methods than BMI, ...
End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.
A new report suggests that a diagnosis of obesity should depend on patients' individual health — not their Body Mass Index.
Don’t feel guilty about BMI – there’s a new definition of obesity
BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of new checks that could give a clue to your current ...
'A terrible tool': The problem with BMI
A group of Australian and international experts are calling for a major overhaul of obesity diagnosis, saying current methods ...
New obesity definitions considered as world’s leading health professionals move away from Body Mass Index
The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the ...
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BMI Chart for Men and Women: Are You at a Healthy Weight?
Explore the pros and cons of BMI for men and women. Learn how Body Mass Index is calculated, what a healthy BMI range is, and ...
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Trajectories of body mass index in adulthood and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Objective Limited research has assessed the association between patterns of body mass index (BMI) change across adulthood and mortality. We aimed to identify groups of individuals who followed ...