UVA Today3d
UVA Experts Go Beyond BMI To Measure Your Health
As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.
Indiatimes23d
Is your BMI normal but body fat high? Here's what you can do about it
Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh. "BMI does not accurately reflect body weight. Actually. it doesn’t differentiate between lean body mass and body fat. If you have a high muscle mass your weight ...
STAT27d
Beyond BMI: New report reframes obesity as a spectrum of illness, not just a risk factor
A Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology global commission on clinical obesity published Tuesday acknowledges that BMI — the familiar ... or define obesity per se. Alexandra Cremona, associate ...
Indiatimes25d
BMI by itself isn't an accurate tool to diagnose obesity: Study
A global commission gathered by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology magazine argues that BMI, the conventional method for assessing obesity, yields inaccurate results. They recommend confirming ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer25d
BMI: Peso fall below 60 vs $1 still possible
In a commentary sent to reporters on Tuesday, BMI said Trump’s return to the White House and the accompanying policy overhang will keep the dollar strong. But very aggressive protectionism would ...
Nature27d
New obesity definition sidelines BMI to focus on health
Because it is easy to measure and compare, BMI has long been used as a tool to diagnose obesity. But it doesn’t offer a full picture of a person’s health, because it doesn’t account for ...
ABC726d
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 expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...
USA Today26d
Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The ...
Fox News20d
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. "Obesity is a complex ...
ABC News26d
New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults. New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body ...
Science News26d
Obesity needs a new definition beyond BMI, health experts argue
Doctors have primarily relied on body mass index, or BMI, to diagnose obesity ... medicine physician scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.