Body mass index, or BMI, is often promoted as a key measure of health, but clinicians are increasingly understanding its flaws and moving toward more comprehensive markers. In 2023, research in the ...
Over 40% of Americans are obese, yet diets keep failing. Experts say focusing on fitness, not calories, is the real solution.
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...
Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found that BMI — a measurement that is commonly used to determine whether a ...
A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health risk — fails in predicting the risk of future death, suggesting the ...
Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found that BMI — a measurement that is commonly used to determine whether a ...
Amid the rising buzz around Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs, a group of 58 researchers is challenging the way obesity is defined and diagnosed, arguing that current methods fail to capture the ...
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Even at a ‘Normal’ BMI, Belly Fat Raises Health Risks
A new study on the worldwide prevalence of ‘abdominal obesity’ tied belly fat in ‘normal’ weight people to hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol.
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