Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
Woman on a scale (stock image).Photo:Getty Getty An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to determine excess body fat instead of just relying onbody mass index (BMI). More than 50 experts in fields such as nutrition, endocrinology and public health published their recommendations in the peer-reviewed journalThe Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinologyon Tuesday, Jan. 14. The Lancetreport suggests that another metric is far more useful when determining a patient’s overall health: the amount of belly fat they have....