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BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI. Here's what they recommend using instead.

Medical Xpress on MSN · 1d

Want to measure body fat? This 2,000-year-old trick is better than BMI

Amid renewed criticism of the body mass index (BMI) as a diagnostic criterion for obesity, a 2,000-year-old technique used by mathematician Archimedes around 250 BC could help give a better idea of bo

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What’s more useful than BMI? All you need to know about a 2000-year-old technique to measure body composition

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of obesity. A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through Archimedes' principle using underwater weighing,

health.wusf.usf.edu · 18h

Want to know if your body fat is in the healthy range? Experts say BMI is not the way

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

People on MSN · 1d

Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight

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Body Frame Size Calculator

The ideal weight of a person depends on their skeletal frame size, which can be classified as Large, Medium, or Small, as bone size and density vary between individuals and genders. Before ...

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Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

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