A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care. CNN values your feedback 1.

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

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A high BMI could mean that they have too much body fat," Brull says, though she notes that "every body is different and BMI isn’t one-size-fits-all." In case you didn't see: Travis Kelce, Jake ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.

Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from a perfect measure. To begin with, it measures total weight, rather than the weight attributed to fatty tissue.