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BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking place

  • Written by Scott Hagan, Assistant Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington
BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking placeBody mass index has been the standard measure to classify obesity and overweight for decades. kaipong/iStock via Getty Images

Amid the buzz around weight loss drugs and rising rates of obesity worldwide, many health care professionals are questioning one of the key measures that has long been used to define obesity.

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