University of Washington Obesity

Obesity, BMI

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 take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

Newsweek · 3d

End of the Line for BMI? Experts Propose New Obesity Definition

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework,

The New York Times · 4d

New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.

An international commission made the case for focusing on body fat quantity and the illnesses people experience.

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Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

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US Obesity 'Is at a Crisis Point'

co-founder of the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, calls out "the decades-long failure to tackle the growing overweight and obesity epidemic in the US ...

STAT20d

Extending Medicare coverage to obesity medications is imperative

Dietz is professor of exercise and nutritional sciences at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, and director of the STOP Obesity Alliance. Nadglowski is ...

Health.com2y

Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD

Her special interests include diabetes, lipid disorders, obesity, and transgender ... She received her medical degree from the University of Washington and her PhD from the Albert Einstein ...

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