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Moving beyond BMI in obesity diagnosis
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Moving beyond BMI in obesity diagnosis

For decades, BMI (body mass index) has been the gold standard for diagnosing obesity, a simple calculation of height and weight used to estimate excess body fat. But what if this long-standing measure is doing more harm than good?

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Stimulating fat cells with GIP receptor has potential to treat obesity
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Stimulating fat cells with GIP receptor has potential to treat obesity

Obese mice whose fat cells were genetically altered to produce an increased amount of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) lost more than a third of their body weight through a mechanism that burns energy, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a new study.

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