Who should be considered ‘obese’? Time to move on from BMI, panel says.

Was actor Jake Gyllenhaal overweight when he filmed Road House ? Should Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce be considered nearly obese?

According to the current definition of “overweight” and “obesity,” a ratio of height and weight, both men meet those standards.

But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology …

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