Body mass index is insufficient to assess obesity, study finds

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1. 1d ago
   
   first Saúde Mais Portugal indie pt

   Body mass index is insufficient to assess obesity, study findsÍndice de massa corporal é insuficiente para avaliar a obesidade – Estudo

   A Nature study.

2. 1d ago
   HealthNews (PT) Portugal indie pt peer-reviewed

   BMI is not enough to assess obesity, study concludesIMC não basta para avaliar a obesidade, conclui estudo

   Coordinated by King's College London, published in Nature on 11 November.Coordenado pelo King’s College London e publicado em 11 de novembro na revista Nature, o trabalho avaliou o modelo de diagnóstico proposto, em 2025, por uma comissão da revista The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. A proposta procura responder às limitações da utilização exclusiva do IMC, que pode…

3. 1d ago
   
   ORF Science Austria mainstream de

   Obesity diagnosis needs more than BMIAdipositas-Diagnose braucht mehr als BMI

   Weight and height say little about a person's health.Wie schwer und wie groß man ist, sagt wenig über die Gesundheit eines Menschen aus. In diesem Sinn sollte auch die Diagnose Adipositas nicht allein anhand des Body-Mass-Index (BMI) definiert werden, fordern Fachleute. Eine neue Studie untermauert diese Kritik am BMI und zeigt, welche Vorteile eine…

4. 1d ago
   Euronews Health France indie study n=844,000

   BMI alone misses obesity diagnoses, international study finds

   A study of more than 844,000 people across four countries found that relying on body mass index (BMI) alone can both overestimate and underestimate obesity, potentially exposing patients to inappropriate treatment.

5. 23h ago
   
   Sağlık Aktüel TR indie tr

   Nature study: BMI alone is insufficient to diagnose obesityNature Dergisinde Yayımlanan Uluslararası Araştırma: "Vücut Kitle İndeksi Tek Başına Obezite Tanısında Yetersiz Kalıyor"

   A four-country study.Nature'da yayımlanan 4 ülke ortaklı geniş kapsamlı araştırma, vücut kitle indeksinin tek başına obezite tanısında yanıltıcı olabileceğini ve organ işlev bozukluklarının dikkate alınması gerektiğini ortaya koydu.

6. 22h ago
   
   Der Standard Gesundheit Austria mainstream de

   Why we should not rely on BMI alone for weightWarum wir uns beim Gewicht nicht nur am BMI orientieren sollten

   Body mass index remains the main diagnostic measure for obesity.Der Body Mass Index ist vielfach immer noch der wichtigste diagnostische Wert für Adipositas. Doch diese Herangehensweise ist überholt, sind sich Experten einig

7. 20h ago
   EMJ Reviews UK obscure

   Beyond BMI: A New Way to Diagnose Obesity

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