The experts said they aimed to make diagnosis more precise, which could help better use healthcare ... as well as the World Obesity Federation. World Health Organization experts served on the ...

Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization ... Conversely, lowering BMI is associated with a reduction in these risks. Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

Body Mass Index cannot differentiate between muscle mass, fat and bone density. Doctors suggest other markers and scans to ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults, according to the World Health Organization, affecting 1 in 8 adults. However, using BMI alone to aid in the diagnosis of obesity has ...