A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...
Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than relying solely on BMI. This new definition is crucial as over 1 billion people ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...
It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...
The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...
about 20% of people who used to be classified as obese would no longer meet the definition, preliminary analysis suggests. And about 20% of people with serious health effects but lower BMI would ...
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