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CBS News on MSN · 8d

New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations for how to use it.

Rolling Out · 1d

Doctors reveals why BMI alone can’t determine obesity

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

Health on MSN · 1d

Experts Propose a New Definition of Obesity—and It Goes Beyond BMI

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they suggest.

New York Post · 2d

BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead

A person’s BMI is calculated by dividing his or her weight by the square of his or her height in feet. “Obesity is a complex problem and has different significance at the individual level,” the report’s lead author Francesco Rubino,

Woman&Home on MSN12d

Forget BMI? A new study has revealed the one thing you need for a longer, healthier life

Researchers concluded that aerobic fitness was more important than body mass index (BMI) when looking at long-term health, ...

Beyond BMI: Body fat stored in surprising spot linked to heart disease

Most people know that body fat stored around the midsection can spell disaster for cardiovascular health. But Harvard ...

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The Average American Woman Weighs This Much

The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...

Fatty muscle a cardiovascular risk factor independent from BMI

Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major adverse CV ...

News Medical on MSN1d

Muscle fat infiltration predicts heart disease risk better than BMI, study finds

Skeletal muscle fat infiltration (IMAT) is linked to coronary microvascular dysfunction and increased cardiovascular risk, ...

11h

Fatty Muscles Increase Heart Disease Risk

People with pockets of fat hidden within their muscles have a higher risk of dying from heart-related health problems, ...

Chronic hypertension weakens tie between prepregnancy BMI and stillbirth, perinatal death

Women with high prepregnancy BMI have higher stillbirth and perinatal death risks, but this association weakens with chronic ...

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