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  •   Home > News > Health & Safety

    Global medical professionals believe a major shake-up's needed in how obesity is diagnosed

    Global medical professionals believe a major shake-up's needed in how obesity is diagnosed


    A new paper suggests better distinguishing the differences between obesity causing chronic disease, and obesity associated with health risk -- but not current illness.

    It states current practices rely too heavily on body-mass indexes.

    Spokesperson, Professor John Dixon aims to create better individualised care, while preserving resources to help those under-diagnosed.

    He says they want to dramatically overhaul ideas around obesity, and international healthcare practices.

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