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The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...
“People with excess body fat do not always have a BMI that indicates they are living with obesity, meaning their health ...
Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...
Experts say clinical obesity is more than a high BMI and instead is a disease in which excess body fat harms tissues, organs or doing daily activities.
Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner. CNN: What is BMI?
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
The new definitions are likely to be confusing, said Kate Bauer, a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “The public likes and needs simple messages.