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 ...
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 take into account health ...
Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...
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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 ...
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Experts Propose a New Definition of Obesity—and It Goes Beyond BMI
An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...
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Weight-loss jabs may have wider health benefits, study suggests
The use of weight-loss jabs may be associated with wider health benefits including ... The observational study, led by Washington University clinical epidemiologist Dr Ziyad Al-Aly, analysed ...
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New obesity benchmark adds body fat, organ health to BMI
a marker of health”, said Dr Adam Collins, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Surrey who was not involved in the work. BMI is more useful on a population level rather ...
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Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
More than 50 experts in fields such as nutrition, endocrinology and public health published their ... Cummings — an obesity expert at the University of Washington and another researcher on ...
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Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
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Look Beyond BMI For Obesity Diagnosis and Management
The panel suggests using body fat measures and the presence of pre-existing health concerns, but warns against using BMI alone as an ... education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School ...
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Obesity is not solely defined by BMI, study shows
BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...