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BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Doctors Say Obesity Is Being Over-diagnosed, This Measurement Could Be Better than BMI
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
Having this body shape means you’re more at risk for colorectal cancer, diabetes and heart disease
Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their ...
Forget BMI—there's a 2,000-year-old technique for measuring body fat that's more useful
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...
Business Insider4d
BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.
Quetelet only looked at white French and Belgian men, a very narrow representation ... the report said. So while BMI can be useful when studying the health of a population, the authors of the ...
New Obesity Definition Shifts Focus From BMI – Here's The Science Behind It
Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by ...
USA Today4d
Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
both men meet those standards. But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a ...
The Independent4d
Is your BMI misleading you? What ‘healthy obesity’ really means according to the experts
And about 20% of people with serious health effects but lower ... at Newcastle University, says that “men develop type 2 diabetes at a lower BMI than do women”. However, at menopause, things ...
Say Bye to Just BMI: Experts Call for a Major Shift in How We Measure Obesity
An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...
New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
Chicago Sun-Times2d
New guidelines encourage doctors to move beyond BMI for diagnosing obesity
New guidelines are changing how obesity is diagnosed. One change is establishing a “pre-clinical” category, which could help with providing coverage for medications and surgical procedures ...