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Understanding BMI
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a commonly used index of relative weight ... for comparing the calculated BMI to the normal population. Adults can go to the wt|ht chart to review their predicted obesity ...
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 ...
How do you measure obesity? Not by BMI alone
Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive ...
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BMI Calculator
The Body Mass Index (or BMI) is a way of seeing if your ... squared but it's also easy to read on the chart. BMI can be divided into several categories and generally the higher your BMI, the ...
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 ...
Forget BMI—there's a 2,000-year-old technique for measuring body fat that's more useful
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...