Scientific Research Publishing15d
Bleich, S.N., Bennett, W.L., Gudzune, K.A. and Cooper, L.A. (2012) Impact of Physician BMI on Obesity Care and Beliefs. Obesity, 20, 999-1005.
Obesity is measured clinically by several common tools apart from body mass index (BMI), such as waist circumference (WC ... on the increasing prevalence of obesity, especially in the healthcare ...
Rolling Out17d
Why BMI doesn’t tell the full story of health
Comprehensive health assessment beyond BMI measurement Healthcare providers are increasingly recognizing the need to look beyond BMI measurement when evaluating a person’s health. In addition to ...
Philadelphia Inquirer19d
Main Line Health lays off nearly 200 nonclinical staff, 1.5% of workforce
“The landscape in health care is awful, and it’s only getting worse,” Main Line CEO Jack Lynch said in an interview. Lynch cited as factors: inadequate payment increases from Medicare and Medicaid, ...
New York Post20d
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...
The Straits Times20d
New obesity benchmark adds body fat, organ health to BMI
The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio ... be included in clinical-practice guidelines and in the training of healthcare workers, according to the Lancet commission.
News Medical21d
Muscle fat infiltration predicts heart disease risk better than BMI, study finds
Although body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to classify obesity and predict related risks, it fails to account for individual variations in fat distribution and metabolic impacts. Furthermore ...
Health.com21d
Experts Propose a New Definition of Obesity—and It Goes Beyond BMI
A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way ... also make diagnoses harder and more time-consuming for healthcare providers, which makes some doctors less likely ...
Sports Illustrated21d
Super Bowl Logos Through the Years: A Look at How They’ve Evolved
Of course, some criticize these modern logos as being copy-and-paste, minimalist and unoriginal. Those yearn to return to the unique logos of the 1990s and early 2000s, where the NFL used elements ...
WBUR21d
Goodbye, BMI: Experts outline new guidance for determining healthy range of body fat
People with elevated BMIs say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity. People recovering from eating disorders say ...
The Indian Express22d
Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist circumference, ...
Medindia22d
Look Beyond BMI For Obesity Diagnosis and Management
Obesity should no longer be diagnosed solely based on body mass index (BMI); advanced body fat measures provide a clearer picture Pre-clinical obesity identifies risk factors early, while clinical ...