Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...
The longtime reliance on BMI means that obesity is likely overdiagnosed, members of the Commission said. View on euronews ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
A report by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission calls for a shift in obesity diagnosis, proposing a more ...
In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...
A global Commission, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and endorsed by 75 medical organizations around the world, presents a novel, nuanced approach to diagnose obesity, based on other ...
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...