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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BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.
Women with a waist size over 35 inches and men with a waist larger than 40 inches are at higher risk of developing metabolic diseases, she said. What if your doctor only looks at BMI? Some doctors ...
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Why ‘body roundness index’ could be the new BMI, and what it says about your health
A “healthy” BMI is regarded as being a number anywhere between 18.5 and 25. Based on the average body sizes of men and women in Britain, both have an average BRI of 3.8. The average BMI for ...
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Doctors Say Obesity Is Being Over-Diagnosed, This Measurement Could Be Better than BMI
they could use the waist-to-height ratio in conjunction with BMI to make sure they are definitely within a healthy range or not. Kate is a fitness writer for Men’s Health UK where she ...
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Understanding BMI
It is easy to measure and calculate; no sophisticated equipment is required. By convention, an individual with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. This applies to both men and women. For ...
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We’re measuring obesity wrong — experts pinpoint 3 signs you may fit the bill regardless of your BMI
BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese, while a BMI of 40 or above is considered severely obese.