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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 ...
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 ...
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 also take into account health ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beyond BMI: global commission proposes new way to diagnose obesity
Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...
New guidelines encourage doctors to move beyond BMI for diagnosing obesity
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
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 ...
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Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new proposal
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...