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 ...

It’s a growing public health crisis that ... and biophysics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. “Additionally, some people have a high BMI and high body fat but maintain ...

The use of weight-loss jabs may be associated with wider health benefits including ... The observational study, led by Washington University clinical epidemiologist Dr Ziyad Al-Aly, analysed ...

More than 50 experts in fields such as nutrition, endocrinology and public health published their ... Cummings — an obesity expert at the University of Washington and another researcher on ...

a marker of health”, said Dr Adam Collins, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Surrey who was not involved in the work. BMI is more useful on a population level rather ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements ...

A new report proposes redefining obesity, moving beyond BMI to include waist ... a nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. “The public likes and needs simple ...

Doctors have primarily relied on body mass index, or BMI ... a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of ...

The panel suggests using body fat measures and the presence of pre-existing health concerns, but warns against using BMI alone as an ... education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School ...