Experts propose new obesity diagnostic guidelines beyond BMI

A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...
Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...
By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
A key vote: Despite initial skepticism, GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said after the hearing that she’d vote to confirm Hegseth. With a ...