BMI alternative for identifying obesity ‘could prevent misdiagnosis in millions’
The Quick Take
Combining body mass index with other measurements and tests would lead to better care and outcomes, experts say An alternative to BMI for diagnosing obesity could prevent misdiagnosis in millions of people worldwide, according to doctors who found it more accurately distinguished healthy people from those with harmful excess body fat. Medical experts have long considered body mass index a blunt in
Ground Level News aggregates headlines from public feeds. This page shows a short summary only; the full article and all rights belong to Guardian World.
Related
World
How Democrats Will Wield Power on Foreign Policy
Congressman Jason Crow on breaking not only with Trump, but Biden as well.
World
UK appoints world’s first special representative for climate security
Exclusive: Madeleine Alessandri, chair of the joint intelligence committee, will take on the role of advising No 10 on climate-related national security risks…
World
Court in UK Decriminalizes Same-Sex Relations in Trinidad and Tobago
The ruling, which could affect similar laws in other British Commonwealth countries, has spotlighted a legal system still intertwined with a former colonial…
World