A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you
A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.
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 ...
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Is Your Body Shaped Like A Pear? You May Be Suffering From Metabolically Healthy Obesity
According to a doctor, when a person suffers from metabolically healthy obesity, most of the fat accumulates in the hips and ...
Controversy continues over use of Body Mass Index to calculate obesity | Mark Mahoney
The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...
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Health experts are proposing new guidelines to diagnose obesity
Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...
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Which Obesity Measure Best Predicts Periodontitis Risk?
Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...
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Why BMI is not the obesity measurement we need
A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...
End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
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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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BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...