Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...
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New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
a commissioner and professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in an interview with ABC news. Clinical obesity, by contrast, involves ...
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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 ...
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This Controversial Way To Measure Health Might Be Getting Replaced
There may be a more effective way to define and diagnose obesity, according to a commission of scientists that proposed a major change regarding the metabolic disease. Body mass index (BMI), a ...
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Researchers propose new obesity definition
The recommendations also put forth two new diagnosis categories: clinical obesity and pre-obesity. The first describes people with evidence of health conditions caused by excess weight, such as heart ...
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We’re measuring obesity wrong — experts pinpoint 3 signs you may fit the bill regardless of your BMI
Clinical obesity is a chronic disease affecting ... a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine physician. One way to change the ...
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Look Beyond BMI For Obesity Diagnosis and Management
What is pre-clinical obesity? A new report redefines obesity using broader criteria than body mass index (BMI), focusing on ...