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The body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to categorize weight ranges (from underweight to obese) because it is accessible, no-cost, and quick. Using a formula or BMI calculator, it is relatively ...

David P. Rivera, Ph.D., is an associate professor of counselor education at Queens College-City University of New York (CUNY) and founding director of CUNY’s LGBTQI+ Student Leadership Program. He ...

Francesco Rubino of King’s College London. BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese, while a BMI of 40 ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard ... chair of bariatric and metabolic surgery at King’s College London, United Kingdom, told Fox News Digital. Obesity is a "spectrum ...

But a new report suggests that BMI should no longer be used as a measure of an individual's health. BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height, and doctors may tell those who fall into ...

A global commission gathered by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology magazine argues that BMI, the conventional method for assessing obesity, yields inaccurate results. They recommend confirming ...

Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most ubiquitous yet controversial ... Francesco Rubino, chair of metabolic and bariatric surgery at King's College London and chair of the expert commission.

Because it is easy to measure and compare, BMI has long been used as a tool to ... a bariatric surgeon at King’s College London, who led the group proposing the new approach.

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A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to ... chair of metabolic and bariatric surgery at King’s College London, told Health. As a result, people who ...