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However, the data showed that while obesity is a risk factor, so is a lack of fitness — even if you’re not clinically obese.

Determine the weight you need to reach for your BMI to fall within the healthy range. Sticking with the example above ... Athletes, for example, may have high BMIs despite being in excellent health.

"In people with very high BMI (ie, >40 kg/m 2), however, excess adiposity can pragmatically be assumed, and no further confirmation is required," they continued. The global experts then agreed on ...

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The results give the BMI and indicate whether the weight is in a healthy range. BMI, like average weight, falls into percentiles. These can help parents, caregivers, and pediatricians determine ...

A high school southwest of Boston closed for the day Friday, so that police could investigate a threat made against a student and the school over social media. Blackstone-Millville Regional School ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

People with clinical obesity meet BMI and other markers of obesity and have evidence of organ, tissue or other problems caused by excess weight. That could include heart disease, high blood ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and gender affect health risks.