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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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Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

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Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on ...