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In 2024, the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) published an updated framework for classifying obesity that recognizes that the use of BMI is a limited tool in defining the condition ...

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The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to ...

Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

Most of us in Western medicine systems know which category of the body mass index, the “BMI,” our body matches. Our medical providers and the printouts after each office visit often highlight it for ...

Employing selection criteria resulted in 1,981 respondents in the analytical sample. Table 1 reports the results of the descriptive statistics analysis. Of the respondents, 477 were classified as ...

Using a body mass index (BMI) calculator can help a person determine whether their weight is within the recommended range for their height. However, BMI calculations have several important limitations ...

Determining healthy weight is a complicated issue. We can observe the variability in just looking around us; obviously, we come in many different shapes and sizes. Regulation of body weight seems to ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...