BMI not an accurate measure to check obesity, new study confirms
2 months, 1 week ago

BMI not an accurate measure to check obesity, new study confirms

India TV News  

A Lancet Global Commission report recommended a new and nuanced approach to detect obesity. The report was published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal and endorsed by over 75 medical organisations including the All Indian Association for Advancing Research in Obesity The authors of the report said that the current medical approach relies on BMI which is not an accurate measure of health or disease in an individual. They also introduced two new categories for diagnosing obesity which are "objective measures" of illness in an individual namely 'clinical obesity' and 'pre-clinical obesity'. While clinical obesity refers to a chronic or persistent condition because of an obesity-related organ dysfunction, pre-clinical obesity is related to an increased health risk without illness. Rubino added that the reframing of diagnosing obesity allows for personalised care, including timely access to evidence-based treatments for individuals with clinical obesity, as well as risk-reduction management strategies for those with pre-clinical obesity.

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Obesity’s new spin: is it time to say ‘bye BMI’?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Obesity’s new spin: is it time to say ‘bye BMI’?

Live Mint  

Obesity has a brand new definition now. A multi-nation commission of doctors and experts, which included Dr Anoop Misra, executive chairman and director of diabetes and endocrinology at Fortis C-DOC Hospital in Delhi, in the report, titled Definition and Diagnostic Criteria of Clinical Obesity, noted that clinical obesity should be treated as an “illness that, akin to the notion of …

How has India revised obesity parameters?
2 months ago

How has India revised obesity parameters?

The Hindu  

The story so far: India has revised guidelines for obesity treatment and diagnosis after 15 years. The revised classification system introduces two stages in obesity — ‘innocuous obesity’, characterised by increased body fat without organ or metabolic dysfunction; the second stage is obesity with consequences, marked by the impact on physical functions and presence of obesity-related diseases. This revision acknowledged …

A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you
2 months ago

A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you

CNN  

CNN — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating BMI. …

Moving away from BMI, experts propose new definition for obesity
2 months ago

Moving away from BMI, experts propose new definition for obesity

Deccan Chronicle  

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat. “The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people …

Stop Relying On BMI As Only Measure of Obesity, Says Lancet Report: ‘Fit People Likely Ruled Overweight’
2 months, 1 week ago

Stop Relying On BMI As Only Measure of Obesity, Says Lancet Report: ‘Fit People Likely Ruled Overweight’

ABP News  

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. BMI has been used as the standard method of diagnosing obesity for decades the world over, but the Lancet commission urges doctors to “move away from BMI alone”. The current method relies …

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity
2 months, 1 week ago

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as millions wrongly diagnosed with obesity

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Under new recommendations, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of …

BMI not accurate for obesity diagnosis: Here are the new guidelines
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2 months, 1 week ago

BMI not accurate for obesity diagnosis: Here are the new guidelines

India Today  

Indian doctors have updated the obesity guidelines and redefined what the medical term means. Experts from the National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation, Fortis C-DOC Hospital, and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, issued new guidelines that provide several metrics to help diagnose obesity by using Waist Circumference, Waist-to-Height Ratio, abdominal adiposity, and BMI more than 23 kg/m2. Stage …

How do you measure obesity? Not by BMI alone
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2 months, 1 week ago

How do you measure obesity? Not by BMI alone

Firstpost  

Relying solely on BMI to diagnose obesity may be outdated, say global experts. A new report calls for a more comprehensive approach, introducing ‘clinical’ and ‘pre-clinical’ obesity categories based on fat distribution and health impacts. The report highlights the need for more precise diagnostic tools, such as waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratios, or advanced scans like DEXA, which assess fat distribution …

The meat of the obesity problem
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2 months, 1 week ago

The meat of the obesity problem

Hindustan Times  

Obesity’s links with many non-communicable diseases and the consequent health burden make it a health concern of singular importance for both people and policy. Yet, for decades now, the world has used a rather flawed metric to diagnose it — Body Mass Index, an estimation of body fat content based on weight relative to height. While a BMI of 30 …

Is obesity a disease? Sometimes but not always, experts decide
2 months, 1 week ago

Is obesity a disease? Sometimes but not always, experts decide

Raw Story  

by Julien Dury and Daniel Lawler Do people with obesity have an illness? When obesity affects the functions of people's organs, it should be considered a distinct illness called "clinical obesity," the commission said. People with obesity who do not have such problems should be considered to have "pre-clinical obesity", which merits monitoring but not medical intervention, therefore avoiding the …

Global experts redefine obesity: New criteria to shift focus from BMI to comprehensive health measures
2 months, 1 week ago

Global experts redefine obesity: New criteria to shift focus from BMI to comprehensive health measures

Hindustan Times  

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat. Targeting people who actually need the help most “The whole goal of this is to get a more precise …

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as new definition of obese proposed
2 months, 1 week ago

Experts row back on ‘flawed’ BMI as new definition of obese proposed

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we …

Experts urge overhaul of obesity measurements, introduce two new diagnostic categories of obesity
2 months, 1 week ago

Experts urge overhaul of obesity measurements, introduce two new diagnostic categories of obesity

The Hindu  

Seeking recalibration on how obesity is measured worldwide a global commission on this issue, in its recent report published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, has said that Body Mass Index is not an adequate indicator of obesity, as distribution of body fat is also crucial to assess overall health and disease patterns. “This framework places special emphasis on abdominal …

New Obesity Benchmark Adds Body Fat, Organ Health to BMI
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2 months, 1 week ago

New Obesity Benchmark Adds Body Fat, Organ Health to BMI

Live Mint  

-- Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements like heart health. “The commission is re-framing obesity and acknowledges the nuanced reality of obesity,” said Robert Eckel, emeritus professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and one of the group’s members. …

Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
2 months, 1 week ago

Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds

NPR  

Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds Liudmila Chernetska/iStockphoto/Getty Images An international committee of scientists has proposed a change to the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. "What's new is that we try to define obesity by excess body fat, which is what obesity actually is," Kushner says. Sponsor Message "We're not throwing out BMI, …

New obesity definitions considered as world’s leading health professionals move away from Body Mass Index
2 months, 1 week ago

New obesity definitions considered as world’s leading health professionals move away from Body Mass Index

ABC  

Global health leaders have proposed a “dramatic overhaul” of the way doctors look at obesity, publishing new guidelines that split the definition into two distinct categories — clinical obesity and pre-clinical obesity. The authors determined that "clinical obesity" existed when organ function was reduced by weight gain and "pre-clinical obesity" when patients were healthy but carrying excess weight. Former World …

Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity
2 months, 1 week ago

Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity

Associated Press  

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat. “The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people …

At the soft core of a non communicable diseases epidemic, is obesity
2 months, 3 weeks ago

At the soft core of a non communicable diseases epidemic, is obesity

The Hindu  

At no point in the history of mankind has there been so much excess food on the table as there has been over the last few decades. The current incidence of obesity as per the World Health Organization across the globe is huge: one in eight persons in the world is obese, and one in three is overweight. In addition …

The 'Body Roundness Index' Is Touted As The New BMI — And It's Got A Big Problem
6 months, 1 week ago

The 'Body Roundness Index' Is Touted As The New BMI — And It's Got A Big Problem

Huff Post  

Tim Robberts via Getty Images ICYMI, determining someone’s health by checking their body mass index is … well, not it. “Both use body shape and weight to make big guesses about someone’s health status and disease risk, without looking at any other markers of health, metabolic syndrome or other diseases.” She believes health care providers still use BMI for two …

BMI alone not sufficient, waist-to-height ratio more effective in diagnosing obesity: Researchers
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BMI alone not sufficient, waist-to-height ratio more effective in diagnosing obesity: Researchers

India TV News  

Researchers have introduced a new framework for diagnosing and managing obesity, stating that it should no longer be defined solely by body mass index, but rather by the distribution of body fat throughout an individual's body. The authors from the European Association for the Study of Obesity highlighted a significant innovation in the framework: diagnosing obesity now includes a waist-to-height …

Normal weight obesity: What it is and what to do about it.
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Normal weight obesity: What it is and what to do about it.

Slate  

In 2020 more than 40 percent of Americans reported experiencing weight stigma, not only from friends and family members but also from their nurses and doctors. Having a normal BMI with high body fat levels is called “normal weight obesity.” It affects 30 million Americans—nearly 10 percent of the population—although researchers believe that this number may be on the rise. …

Doctors root for new guidelines to gauge and manage obesity
1 year, 3 months ago

Doctors root for new guidelines to gauge and manage obesity

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Eight doctors, including a renowned gynaecologist and cardiologist from Mumbai, came together recently to prescribe new obesity guidelines based on associated functional, psychological and metabolic conditions. “However, the grade of obesity should be defined based on the metabolic, physical and mental well-being of the individual,” pointed out Pune-based bariatric surgeon Dr Shashank Shah. “Our new guidelines give as much …

A quarter of middle-aged women in the UK ‘fit but fat’ – researchers
1 year, 5 months ago

A quarter of middle-aged women in the UK ‘fit but fat’ – researchers

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Academics said that there are large regional differences over levels of “metabolically healthy obesity”, which …

Obesity experts concerned an over-reliance on BMI is leading to poorer health outcomes
1 year, 6 months ago

Obesity experts concerned an over-reliance on BMI is leading to poorer health outcomes

ABC  

Obesity experts and patient groups are concerned an over-reliance on body mass index is leading to some people being abandoned by the health system and denied life-changing surgery or treatment. Key points: Body mass index is calculated using a person's weight and height Hundreds of people shared their experiences with the ABC about being denied medical treatments including knee surgery …

Belly fat not BMI "reliable indicator for health", say experts
1 year, 8 months ago

Belly fat not BMI "reliable indicator for health", say experts

Dutch News  

New guidelines based on a reassessment of health risks will lead to better ways to treat the different causes of obesity, umbrella health partnership PON has said. The guidelines for dealing with the obesity issue, which is on the increase, have not been changed since 2008, PON chair Liesbeth van Rossum told broadcaster NOS. Van Rossum said that, based on …

Re-evaluating what BMI says about your health
1 year, 8 months ago

Re-evaluating what BMI says about your health

The Hindu  

Here’s a public health riddle. The most-repeated myths about fitness are “the lower the BMI, the healthier you are.or that obesity happens only when you’re not eating well or exercising regularly”, says Suruchi Gupta, a Gurugram-based nutritionist. BMI has become the favoured tool to answer a complex public health question: how does weight affect a person’s risk for disease and …

Obesity: What you need to know
2 years ago

Obesity: What you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Obesity is a chronic disease that affects millions of people worldwide and has become a major health problem. Diet is just one factor that influences a person's body weight More than 5 million people die every year because of the diseases and harmful effects associated with obesity. Medical conditions like Cushing's disease and certain medications, including steroids and some antidepressants, …

Half of the world on track to be overweight or obese by 2035
2 years ago

Half of the world on track to be overweight or obese by 2035

Al Jazeera  

The World Obesity Federation predicts that 51 percent of the world will be overweight, and one in four people will be obese. The World Obesity Federation’s 2023 atlas predicts that 51 percent of the world, or more than four billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years; of those, nearly two million, or one in four …

Study gives insights into how excess weight linked with increase risk of death
2 years, 1 month ago

Study gives insights into how excess weight linked with increase risk of death

Live Mint  

According to new research, being slightly underweight has probably been associated with a higher mortality risk than being overweight or obese, which increases the risk of death by anywhere between 22 per cent and 91 per cent--significantly more than previously believed. Instead, in what some call the "obesity paradox," most studies show a U-shaped curve: Those in the "overweight" category …

BMI is not an accurate measurement of one's health. Why are we still using it?
2 years, 3 months ago

BMI is not an accurate measurement of one's health. Why are we still using it?

Salon  

I arrived at my doctor's appointment on the Monday morning after an indulgent Thanksgiving weekend and did exactly what you'd expect. So the fact that at this stage in history, the CDC's adult BMI calculator offers a "healthy" weight range without any variables for ethnicity, gender or weight distribution, is absurd. At the International Congress on Obesity in Melbourne this …

Using just BMI to measure your health is silly. Here’s why
2 years, 10 months ago

Using just BMI to measure your health is silly. Here’s why

Live Mint  

We’re a society obsessed with numbers, and no more so than when managing our health. Here’s everything you need to know about BMI – and why using it as the sole measure of your health is nonsense, starting with a quick history lesson. BMI misses a more important measure – body fat percentage BMI is based on body weight, but …

The really old, racist and non-medical origins of the BMI
3 years, 2 months ago

The really old, racist and non-medical origins of the BMI

ABC  

It's a simple formula: weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared and voila, you have your body mass index — a two-digit figure that slots you into a handful of equally clear-cut boxes. For people over-65 a higher BMI is often linked to better health because "it means you're more likely to be well-nourished", Dr Crowe says. This …

Health: 'Fat but fit' people still at risk of health issues, study warns
3 years, 9 months ago

Health: 'Fat but fit' people still at risk of health issues, study warns

Daily Mail  

Obese people who exercise regularly are still at an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke and respiratory disease, a study has cautioned. 'People with metabolically healthy obesity are not "healthy" as they are at higher risk of heart attack and stroke, heart failure, and respiratory diseases compared with people without obesity who have a normal metabolic profile,' they wrote. …

Obesity and health is not one-size-fits-all – and solutions like calorie shaming do NOT work!
3 years, 10 months ago

Obesity and health is not one-size-fits-all – and solutions like calorie shaming do NOT work!

The Independent  

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Why BMI may not be the best way to measure health and how we can improve it
4 years, 7 months ago

Why BMI may not be the best way to measure health and how we can improve it

The Independent  

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What is obesity and how is it measured?
4 years, 8 months ago

What is obesity and how is it measured?

The Independent  

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The BMI Is Racist And Useless. Here's How To Measure Health Instead.
4 years, 8 months ago

The BMI Is Racist And Useless. Here's How To Measure Health Instead.

Huff Post  

Burton via Getty Images If a research group today conducted a study on a single gender or ethnic group, critics would be quick to point out that its findings couldn’t reasonably be applied to anyone outside of that gender or group. “The whole thing is preposterous.” LeoPatrizi via Getty Images Making assumptions about a person’s health based on their BMI …

As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up
8 years ago

As obesity keeps rising, more Americans are just giving up

LA Times  

New research shows if you know you’re overweight or obese, and you know your extra pounds are unhealthy, that you may not be making a stab at losing weight anymore. The authors of the new report, a team from Georgia Southern University’s College of Public Health, offered a relatively simple explanation for this phenomenon, writing that “socially acceptable body weight …

Team led by Indian-origin researcher finds discrimination against obese people may double health risks
8 years, 5 months ago

Team led by Indian-origin researcher finds discrimination against obese people may double health risks

India TV News  

Obese people risk getting diagnosed with heart disease, diabetes, inflammation and other disorders, if they are discriminated in society, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. The study suggested that those who experienced weight discrimination over a 10-year period had twice the risk of high allostatic load -- the cumulative dysfunction of bodily systems from chronic stress. Even if …

BMI Doesn't Really Tell You Anything About Your Health
9 years, 1 month ago

BMI Doesn't Really Tell You Anything About Your Health

Huff Post  

Big Cheese Photo via Getty Images Your weight actually isn’t a very reliable predictor of heart health or diabetes risk, according to a new study from obesity researchers. As with most obesity studies, the researchers relied on measuring body mass index, or BMI, a calculated proportion of weight to height that divides people into normal weight, overweight, obese or underweight …

Don't use BMI as reliable measure of health, warns UCLA study
9 years, 1 month ago

Don't use BMI as reliable measure of health, warns UCLA study

The Independent  

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BMI mislabels 54 million Americans as ‘overweight’ or ‘obese,’ study says
9 years, 1 month ago

BMI mislabels 54 million Americans as ‘overweight’ or ‘obese,’ study says

LA Times  

A new study out of UCLA finds that people with high BMIs categorizing them as overweight or obese might actually be quite healthy according to more reliable markers of health. “The reason I think people rely on BMI is because it’s easy; if you know someone’s weight and you know someone’s height, then out pops this magical number,” Tomiyama said. …

For nearly 1 in 5 Americans, BMI may tell the wrong story
11 years, 7 months ago

For nearly 1 in 5 Americans, BMI may tell the wrong story

LA Times  

BMI doesn’t always answer that question accurately, say experts. Since it was invented by Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet in 1832, it has been the basis for research that has pointed overwhelmingly in one direction: When the formula for BMI yields the number 30 or higher, the demarcation line for obesity, the risk of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and certain …

AMA declares obesity a disease
11 years, 9 months ago

AMA declares obesity a disease

LA Times  

The American Medical Assn. “Recognizing obesity as a disease will help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue that affects approximately 1 in 3 Americans,” said Dr. Patrice Harris, an AMA board member. In laying out the case for and against the redefinition of obesity, the AMA’s Council on Science and Public Health argued that more widespread …

Obese people aren't necessarily unhealthy
13 years, 7 months ago

Obese people aren't necessarily unhealthy

China Daily  

For years, we've been hearing about the dangers of obesity. "When we did that we saw that the obese individuals who were categorized in the low risk of the Edmonton Staging System, they were at a similar risk of dying as compared to the normal weight people in that sample. Many of these obese-but-healthy people had struggled to lose weight, …

BMI might not tell the whole truth
13 years, 11 months ago

BMI might not tell the whole truth

LA Times  

Sometime later this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release its latest accounting of the nation’s weight problem, as measured by the body mass index, or BMI. But here’s the thing: For how often doctors, researchers and politicians lean on this quirky, almost-two-centuries-old mathematical formula to browbeat us into shaping up, a number of experts caution that …

Redefining obesity's health risks
15 years, 5 months ago

Redefining obesity's health risks

The Hindu  

The Body Mass Index has long been the yardstick in deciding who is at risk because of their weight. According to a press release by EurekAlert, in a recent article for F1000 Biology Reports, Manfred J Müller and colleagues at the University of Kiel in Germany explain how 'functional' Body Composition Analysis measures more of the variables that determine whether …

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