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 ...
BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...
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Our reframing acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity and allows for personalized care,” said Dr. Francesco Rubino of ...
How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with BMI (body mass index) as a measure alone being ...
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Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...
By coincidence (they started before GLP -1 drugs were approved for slimming), a group of 56 doctors have just answered that ...
Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee ...
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