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People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.

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According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...

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Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact perfectly healthy, the ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

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Below is a collection of 10 charts that tell the story of market and economic resiliency in 2024 — with all eyes set on 2025. It was a record-setting year on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 ...

So let's remind ourselves of some of the big moments of the year, in chart form. We begin with the big economic picture. Growth. This time last year, the UK was (unbeknownst to us at the time ...