End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework, ...
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Approximately 75% of Americans are obese or overweight: Study
Ng says that "it is not a silver bullet" in fighting obesity. Lead study author Emmanuela Gakidou, a professor with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington ...
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Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity
an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The report introduces two new diagnostic ...
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Global experts propose new obesity diagnosis method beyond BMI
an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.The report introduces two new diagnostic ...
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Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. The report introduces two new diagnostic ...
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Experts look to abandon BMI, find new ways to define obesity
“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” Dr. David Cummings, a University of Washington obesity expert ...
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Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
an obesity expert at the University of Washington and one of the 58 authors of the report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other ...