BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...
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BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.
He reduced his weight to 300 pounds, and no longer had any health problems caused by severe obesity, she said, despite his BMI still being "very high." When BMI was created, it had nothing to do ...
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Want To Know If You’re Overweight? Forget BMI—Measure This, Says a Team of Experts
BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...
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Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and ... liver or kidney disease or chronic severe knee or hip pain. These people would be eligible for treatments, including ...
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BMI not accurate for obesity diagnosis: Here are the new guidelines
Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to ...
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Obesity needs a new definition beyond BMI, global report says
And obesity should only be diagnosed using BMI when clinicians also take other measurements ... early while providing ...
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BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
Around 9.4% of those adults had severe obesity. Dr. Brett Osborn, a neurosurgeon, longevity expert and fitness competitor based in Florida, agrees that BMI is an "outdated measure" for diagnosing ...
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Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
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Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and ... liver or kidney disease or chronic severe knee or hip pain. These people would be eligible for treatments, including ...