The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

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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 ...

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India revises obesity guidelines after 15 years, emphasizing body fat distribution and health risks for Asian Indian ...

Forty-four percent of personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces are considered overweight while 28 per cent are classified as ...

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That means muscular people, including athletes, can have high BMI and could be considered on paper to have obesity when in reality they do not have too much body fat, also known as adiposity.

The focus on how BMI should be used may have overshadowed an equally, if not more important, matter proposed in a new report.