The number of people considered a 'healthy weight' is dropping. Here’s why.
Talk around weight in the United States has reached a fever pitch thanks to the popularity of injectable GLP-1 medications, ...
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Controversy continues over use of Body Mass Index to calculate obesity | Mark Mahoney
I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals.
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A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you
What is BMI, and what have been criticisms of its usage? How is the new definition different? In what ways could it change clinical care? Will these changes be forthcoming? And while revisions are ...
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New definition for obesity? What a new Lancet commission has proposed to replace BMI
The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...
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Experts Propose a New Definition of Obesity—and It Goes Beyond BMI
“BMI is really easy to calculate in the clinic, and it will misdiagnose some people,” he told Health. BMI Is Misleading—Could Your ‘Body Roundness Index’ Be a Better Health Indicato ...