New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help ...
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
More than 1 billion people worldwide live with obesity, and the condition is linked to about 5 million deaths every year from ...
Global experts advised in addition to BMI, measuring 'waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio' be ...
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...
The way clinicians diagnose obesity is set to change with new guidelines acknowledging that not all obese have the same ...
Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity, moving away from the body mass index or BMI. The new definition intends to move away from weight stigma and instead focus ...
Officers will now have to keep their BMI at 28 or less if they expect to climb the ranks. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Children with obesity who are diagnosed with cancer may have poorer health outcomes including a higher risk of death, ...
Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...