Doctors may be getting childhood obesity wrong, new research suggests

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorCould the number of kids doctors call obese have dropped sharply overnight, and what are they not telling your family?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNobody shrank.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA Lancet Commission wrote a new definition of clinical obesity, and it requires evidence of health complications beyond body mass index, so fewer children qualify.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the children are exactly the same, and only the paperwork changed. That is the scariest thing I have heard all week.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's the opposite of scary. Doctors are being asked to look for actual health problems instead of treating one number as the whole diagnosis.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA ruler that changes its mind. Nina, I want every ruler in this building audited.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentStarting with the one in your desk drawer.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo, verdict. Should families be worried?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTalk to your pediatrician if you have questions, but the headline is a new definition, not a new emergency. Eat a sandwich.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGloria, tell us something the world hasn't re-measured.