A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner. CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

Washington has a Democratic ... Gerald Gamm and Thad Kousser, University of Rochester and University of California San Diego, respectively, claim that states with competitive party systems spend more ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

The commission recommends a shift away from relying solely on BMI to more accurately define obesity as a disease.

The healthy weight range is based on a measurement known as the body mass index (BMI). This can be determined ... All content within BBC Health is provided for general information only, and ...

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