The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...
A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...
However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...
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A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
New research exposes critical flaws in BMI measurements, as medical experts advocate for more accurate and inclusive methods ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Most people know that body fat stored around the midsection can spell disaster for cardiovascular health. But Harvard ...
People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.
One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.
Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major adverse CV ...
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