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New obesity diagnosis framework shows better accuracy than BMI-based method

Researchers evaluated a proposed diagnostic approach for obesity and found it performed better than the conventional method of diagnosis, according to a study published in Nature. The report did not specify full details of the methodology within the available text, but indicates the new approach was tested against an older diagnostic standard.

Study finds waist-based CAD-obesity metric outperforms BMI in predicting death risk

A Nature-published analysis of more than 800,000 people found that body mass index alone misses many individuals whose excess body fat raises their health risks. Researchers tested a combined measure, CAD-obesity, which pairs BMI with waist circumference and other body-fat indicators, and found it better predicted mortality risk than BMI alone.