BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...
Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...
Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive ...
BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of new checks that could give a clue to your current ...
The previous version of this story was published in 2022, when Business Insider spoke to Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford. It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a ...
David J. Phillip/AP file Share Doctors should stop relying solely on a patient’s body mass index to diagnose obesity and recognize that in some cases excessive weight can be a chronic illness in ...