Help! I Accidentally Lost A Lot of Weight. Now I Know What People Really Thought of Me.
The problem is my friends, family, co-workers, and even strangers. Only the most tactless people have actually commented on ...
Travis Kelce, Jake Gyllenhaal and why BMI is problematic. It needs to change, panel says.
BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.
World’s biggest breast sizes by country revealed — see where the US ranked
The report, published by the World Population Review, analyzed the average bust size of 108 countries around the globe, ...
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...
What’s more useful than BMI? All you need to know about a 2000-year-old technique to measure body composition
Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of obesity. A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through ...
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Normal Fasting Glucose Doesn't Guarantee Diabetes Prevention
A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.
Obesity and BMI: Experts want to branch out from controversial metric
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...
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Push to ditch BMI as sole obesity measure to end 'unnecessary' weight-loss jabs
A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - says a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how ...