A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...
This ongoing study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects health ... tools and technology. But BMI is so deeply embedded into our healthcare system and public health ...
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that Americans ... safe places for physical ...
BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...
BMI is so inadequate, in fact, that in 2023, the American Medical Association revised its policy to officially urge health ...
By 2017-2018, that number had risen to 42.5%, costing those who are obese roughly $1,429 more in healthcare expenses ... is the body mass index (BMI)." BMI is the most standard way for doctors ...
Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...