Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
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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 ...
USA Today5d
Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
Researchers said using BMI alone as the sole arbiter of obesity is inadequate and doesn ... knee or hip pain, reduced range of motion due to excess body fat, heart failure or other organ dysfunction.
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Is your BMI misleading you? What ‘healthy obesity’ really means according to the experts
Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height ... than their counterparts in a normal weight range. Other experts concur.
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Move aside BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
Their BMI may be in the normal range, but their level of belly fat may put them at risk of metabolic disease. "What's new is that we try to define obesity by excess body fat, which is what obesity ...
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Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
Their BMI may be in the normal range, but their level of belly fat may put them at risk of metabolic disease. "What's new is that we try to define obesity by excess body fat, which is what obesity ...