American Council on Science and Health

For Measuring Obesity, The Tape Measure Replaces the Scale

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...
Yahoo

BMI alone is a poor indicator of health, the AMA says. These metrics may be better.

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Business Insider

WiMi Developed a New Deep Learning Method for BMI Signals with Data Enhancement

BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced that a ...

Westfield Health Bulletin: What’s the real skinny on BMI?

Body mass index is widely used to assess the human body’s obesity, health, fitness, eligibility as a surgical candidate or ...