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A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

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However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

A new measurement tool is challenging the long-standing idea of using the Body Mass Index as a way to gauge body fat and ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and criticisms of its usage? Dr. Leana Wen: Body mass index, or BMI, is a calculation performed by dividing a patient’s weight in kilograms by their ...