Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...
Obesity, long determined by the flawed metric of BMI, should be diagnosed based on other measurements, experts argue.
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by ...
New report by The Lancet released Wednesday has suggested adopting measures apart from body mass index (BMI) to determine ...
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...
How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with BMI (body mass index) as a measure alone being too simplistic.
Combining time-restricted eating with exercise may be more effective in prompting weight loss than exercise without ...
Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most ubiquitous ... Machines that precisely measure body composition, for example, aren’t available in every doctor’s office, and insurance policies often ...