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>Up to 60 per cent more adults could be classed as obese under a radical shake-up of the body-mass-index (BMI) system, experts have warned.
Under the current rules, a BMI score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.
But 58 international specialists have proposed an overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, arguing BMI alone is too blunt a tool.
They suggest adding waist size and weight-to-height ratio to give a fuller picture of unhealthy body fat.
Now researchers from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, who examined data from more than 300,000 American adults, have found that adopting the new definition would expand the number of people classed as obese by almost 60 per cent.
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>>Up to 60 per cent more adults could be classed as obese under a radical shake-up of the body-mass-index (BMI) system, experts have warned.
Under the current rules, a BMI score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.
But 58 international specialists have proposed an overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, arguing BMI alone is too blunt a tool.
They suggest adding waist size and weight-to-height ratio to give a fuller picture of unhealthy body fat.
Now researchers from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, who examined data from more than 300,000 American adults, have found that adopting the new definition would expand the number of people classed as obese by almost 60 per cent.
