Obesity Won't Be Solely Defined by BMI Under New Plan for Diagnosis by Global Experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements ...
Beyond BMI: A new, nuanced way of measuring obesity
It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...
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Clinical photography of bruises: measurement variability and image modality preference
1 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK 2 Department of Child Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK Aims Bruise photographs serve as a ...
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Global experts propose new obesity diagnosis method beyond BMI
many doctors aren't trained accurately and standard medical tape measures aren't big enough for many people with obesity.In addition, determining the difference between clinical and pre-clinical ...