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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 ...
You can be fat AND fit, obesity experts reveal as they say BMI needs to go: More than 15million Britons are 'wrongly labelled overweight'
Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact perfectly healthy, the ...
Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity
BMI has long been considered a flawed measure that can over-diagnose or underdiagnose obesity, which is currently defined as ...
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Don’t feel guilty about BMI – there’s a new definition of obesity
BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of new checks that could give a clue to your current ...
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Push to ditch BMI as sole obesity measure to end 'unnecessary' weight-loss jabs
Professor Rubino said that under the new classification, some people currently considered obese would not be. Equally, some people whose BMI was just under the obesity range, could be considered c ...
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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Beyond BMI: New report reframes obesity as a spectrum of illness, not just a risk factor
The body mass index is not going away ... NYU’s Jay did bring up similarities to the Edmonton Obesity Staging System and its subclinical classification, but Kushner of the commission said ...