BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
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Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticised again . This time a Lancet-commissioned group of experts is ...
Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and ...
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...