Is your BMI normal but body fat high? Here's what you can do about it
Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...
New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI
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 ...
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Why your BMI can’t tell you everything about your health
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Move aside BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...
Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.