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New definition of obesity does not rely only on BMI

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 problems from extra weight and other measurements.

AOL · 3d

Experts Want Obesity Defined Beyond BMI

A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and professional groups agree it’s an imperfect tool that on its own reveals ver ...

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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 more ways to measure body composition and fat.

CBS News2d

New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's ...

Daily Mail3d

You can be fat AND fit, obesity experts reveal as they say BMI needs to go: More than 15million Britons are 'wrongly labelled overweight'

Obesity experts have thrown aside their BMI charts as they reveal it is possible ... Some 29 per cent of adults and one in ten children are obese by the time they start secondary school, ...

The Independent2d

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity

Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index (BMI). Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined ...

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Push to ditch BMI as sole obesity measure to end 'unnecessary' weight-loss jabs

A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - says a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how ...

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