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How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment
A larger body doesn’t necessarily mean you have ‘clinical obesity’, according to a proposed new definition of the disease.
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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 ...
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Beyond BMI: New report reframes obesity as a spectrum of illness, not just a risk factor
BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...
People ‘being misdiagnosed’ on obesity, say experts
Commenting on the commission, Dr Kath McCullough, special adviser on obesity at the Royal College of Physicians, said: “For ...
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 ...
New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
The New Definition of Obesity
Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods: Using another measurement ...
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BMI not accurate for obesity diagnosis: Here are the new guidelines
Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...
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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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Obesity redefined: Why doctors are ditching BMI for these key health markers
When the issue is obesity, the questions are many, and the routes to answers anything but straight. What is abundantly clear ...