Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...

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A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived ...

The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.Using body-mass ...

Using body-mass index to tell who is overweight or obese is not reliable and can result in misdiagnosis, the Commission on ...

Additionally, disease classification may improve access to healthcare, promote insurance ... However, when it comes to diagnosing obesity, BMI can be a somewhat blunt, imprecise instrument.