"New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I."

This news appears interesting, although note that you have to have subscription to the online New York Times to view the entire article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/health/bmi-obesity-defini tion.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250127&instance_id= 145851&nl=from-the-times®i_id=117004983&segment_id=189376 &user_id=d7d4ce73920c6065ee2272a6a9621b2c

If anyone on here has such a subscription, can you please cut and paste the article here, or possibly a link to some other source of the info. online that does not require a subscription?

Ah, here we go:

https://apnews.com/article/obesity-bmi-weight-definition-lan cet-f3aafc072a3e685036d32ce3d9c3adac#qs1v13h8ynm8fd0gtncut7u kyx2mv2v4a

Just call me "cynical", but I have to wonder if there are not some "$$ to be made" behind this "push", by some "interested" group(s), e.g. health care practitioners, pharm. cos., weight loss product manufs., ins. cos., etc.