New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
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Want To Know If You’re Overweight? Forget BMI—Measure This, Says a Team of Experts
BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...
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BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.
But a new report suggests that BMI should no longer be used as a measure of an individual's health. BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height, and doctors may tell those who fall into ...
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Doctors Say Obesity Is Being Over-Diagnosed, This Measurement Could Be Better than BMI
In fact, a recent study published in Pediatric Research explores the potential superiority of waist-to-height ratio over BMI as a measure of health. A BMI of 18.5 – 24.9 is deemed as healthy.