title: [Do we need new approaches to evaluate obesity?].
abstract: The data on the influence of BMI on life expectancy are still contradictory despite the proved relationship between obesity and a number of chronic diseases. Many publications are devoted to an obesity paradox, i.e. improved survival of patients with elevated BMI and mild obesity compared with that of the patients having normal or reduced BMI. In 2013, the American Association of Endocrinologists proposed a new paradigm of assessment of BMI and obesity. A consensus of Russian specialists is needed as regards the desirability of acception and application of the proposed approaches in clinical practice.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Samorodskaya
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*