Experts are proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index (BMI ... would no longer meet the definition, preliminary analysis ...

The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict in ... in the making and aim to reframe obesity by moving beyond Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations. The authors determined that "clinical ...

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier, but a measure of underlying inflation was more encouraging. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics By The New York Times By Ben Casselman ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 58 international experts across a range of medical specialties and people with lived experience released a report proposing a new definition ...

The international Commission on Clinical Obesity which proposed the new definitions called it a nuanced ... specifically the body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height.

Angelenos still bothered by the smell of smoke may be surprised to see that Air Quality Index numbers returned to “healthy” or “moderate” levels this week in L.A. County, but they shouldn ...

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