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Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

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

The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

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.

BMI has been used widely since the 1990s after the World Health Organization (WHO ... as well as combat the “massive” social stigma around obesity. Rubino agreed saying he hoped “this leads to a ...

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Thriving communities start with holistic wellbeing, demanding global collaboration to combat obesity, stigma, and health inequities, writes Dr. Lipi Roy.

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India has experienced a doubling of obesity prevalence over the past two decades, with abdominal obesity becoming ...