New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
New obesity definitions considered as world’s leading health professionals move away from Body Mass Index
The Global Commission on Clinical Obesity has put forward 18 criteria for diagnosing clinical obesity, moving away from the ...
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 ...
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Body mass index an 'inadequate' measurement of obesity, experts say
Global experts advised in addition to BMI, measuring 'waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio' be ...
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 ...
Global Commission proposes new framework for obesity diagnosis and treatment
A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other ...
International panel offers new ways to define obesity
Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...
New proposed definition for obesity could help remove stigma
Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity, moving away from the body mass index or BMI. The new definition intends to move away from weight stigma and instead focus ...
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Move aside BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...