HEALTH

NPR -  An international committee of scientists has proposed changing how obesity is diagnosed and defined. For years, physicians have used BMI, or body mass index, to determine whether a person has obesity. However, the commission concludes that BMI doesn’t provide enough information about a person’s health, and the reliance on BMI alone can result in a misdiagnosis. One recommendation from the commission includes measuring a person's waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or waist-to-height ratio.