New obesity definition sidelines BMI to focus on health
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Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded. Using body-mass ...
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New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.
Global experts are calling for redefining obesity with a focus on body fat and overall health, and not just body mass index.
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A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of peopleObesity is typically assessed by measuring someone's body mass index, but now researchers are calling for a more nuanced ...
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