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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New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
a commissioner and professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in an interview with ABC news. Clinical obesity, by contrast, involves ...
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This Controversial Way To Measure Health Might Be Getting Replaced
There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a ...
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Move aside BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
The current BMI-based measure of obesity can both overestimate and underestimate how much body fat a person has, explains Dr. Robert Kushner, an endocrinologist at Northwestern University who is part ...
We’re measuring obesity wrong — experts pinpoint 3 signs you may fit the bill regardless of your BMI
Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered obese. It’s a growing public health crisis that makes patients vulnerable to ...
Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity
BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or more. But people with excess body fat do not always have a ...
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Look Beyond BMI For Obesity Diagnosis and Management
What is pre-clinical obesity? A new report redefines obesity using broader criteria than body mass index (BMI), focusing on ...