Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
The Average American Woman Weighs This Much
The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...
Forget BMI—there's a 2,000-year-old technique for measuring body fat that's more useful
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...
Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
New guidelines encourage doctors to move beyond BMI for diagnosing obesity
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
Say Bye to Just BMI: Experts Call for a Major Shift in How We Measure Obesity
An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether ...
End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
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Experts Argue It’s Time for Obesity to Be Defined Beyond BMI
Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most ubiquitous yet controversial metrics in medicine. A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many ...
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Experts call for 'radical change' in obesity diagnosis with major change in BMI score
Academics argue that a body mass index (BMI) score is not "nuanced" enough to measure obesity and more assessments are needed before someone is told they are obese. They suggest that solely using ...