In 2022, a group of researchers established a ‘Commission’ to “propose a definition for clinical obesity,” replacing the BMI ...

The healthy weight range is based on a measurement known as the body mass index (BMI). This can be determined if you know your weight and your height. The Body Mass Index (or BMI) is a way of ...

14. Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI ...

They say prevention is better than a cure. It is also a lot cheaper than a cure. A helpful new report on BMI and obesity seeks to clarify how we measure and define clinically relevant obesity, ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

Is obesity a chronic illness, or a risk factor for a host of illnesses? That debate has been going on for decades. Now, a blue-ribbon panel has weighed in with a new definition and diagnostic ...

14. The report’s findings suggest that BMI — the measurement traditionally used by medical professionals to determine healthy weight ranges — does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of ...

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Emergency hospital admissions for children with eating disorders have risen sixfold in a decade amid the “contagious ...

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