New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...
Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...
It’s estimated more than one billion people in the world are living with obesity as defined by the current definition that ...
The BMI, a weight-to-height ratio, has been criticised as too simplistic as it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Read more at straitstimes.com.
An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.
A group of experts says Body Mass Index, or BMI, used by doctors to measure obesity, is not a good method. CBS News medical ...
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...
An international group of experts proposes two new categories of disease: preclinical and clinical obesity and the FDA ...