Then we have Singapore. Apparently, 11.6 per cent of our population are overweight. We are tied in third place with Thailand.

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

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