Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of new checks that could give a clue to your current ...
A group of Australian and international experts are calling for a major overhaul of obesity diagnosis, saying current methods ...
A global commission of 56 medical experts is calling for redefining obesity, emphasizing more comprehensive methods than BMI, ...
A South Korean study explored the link between lifestyle decisions beginning in infancy and persistent atopic dermatitis, ...
A recent study shows that Thailand has the third-highest child obesity rate among ASEAN countries. About 84.1% of kids aged 6-14 regularly snack on salty foods.
Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most ubiquitous yet controversial ... Machines that precisely measure body composition, for example, aren’t available in every doctor’s office, and ...
But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell ... said 18 factors can support a diagnosis of obesity. Examples include breathlessness, high blood pressure ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...