The panel suggests using body fat measures and the presence of pre-existing health concerns ... of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, stated ...
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.
BMI is a person ... at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine physician. One way to change the system is to influence health insurer policies.
A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...
Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation ... expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes ... and professor of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, in an interview ...
Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults. New guidance from a team of health experts around ... of medicine and medical education at Northwestern University's Feinberg ...