BMI is Dead, Here’s What to Use Instead

When you go into your doctor’s office for a physical, the first thing they will do is have you step on the scale to check ...
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VIDEO: Use BMI as a screening tool, not a diagnostic tool

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DALLAS — In this Healio video exclusive, Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS, ...
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Study finds BMI isn’t a reliable health tool after all

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers say a better, more direct way to measure body fat exists and should replace BMI in doctor’s offices everywhere.
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BMI controversy heats up as some say it's not the best tool for assessing obesity

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - People may want to ask their doctors about the right weight for their height, according to new guidelines. This comes as the battle over body mass index (BMI) heats up. The ...
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The CDC has expanded a BMI tool to better track severe obesity in kids

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...
Chicago Sun-Times

BMI measures body fat, but is it a reliable tool for health?

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BMI still an effective screening tool in youth despite its limitations, researchers find

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Those with a high BMI were 29 times more likely to have a high fat mass index, or FMI, than those with lower BMI ...
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Health officials revise BMI tool to track severe obesity in kids

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...
Medscape

Metabolic Tool Predicts Obesity Risks Even With Normal BMI

A novel metabolic obesity assessment tool (metBMI) improves upon conventional BMI by capturing a wide array of metabolic factors that underlie obesity risks, including complex adiposity-related ...
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A simple calculation may predict high blood pressure better than BMI can

(Vlad Fratila's Images/Canva) A simple calculation may do a better job than body mass index (BMI) at flagging the risk of ...
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Forget BMI: this simple waist-to-height ratio test could spot dangerous blood pressure problems much earlier

Finnish and US researchers say a tape-measure sum may outshine BMI at spotting rising blood pressure. But how far should this ...
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Study finds BMI isn’t a reliable health tool after all

A simple number has shaped how people think about health and weight for decades. That number is body mass index, or BMI. Doctors, schools, insurance companies, and even personal fitness apps have used ...