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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.

6abc News · 4d

New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes ... and professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in an interview ...

CBS News on MSN · 4d

New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations for how to use it.

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We’re measuring obesity wrong — experts pinpoint 3 signs you may fit the bill regardless of your BMI

Get a load of this — you may be obese after all! About 40% of US adults — more than 100 million Americans — are considered ...

Mens Fitness on MSN3d

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 ...

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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 also take into account health ...

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