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Top 20 Things To Know When You Are Pregnant For The First Time
The joy of motherhood is unlike any other. But, it brings along several responsibilities and a wave of mixed emotions. So, ...
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Want to know if your body fat is in the healthy range? Experts say BMI is not the way
People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.
Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
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Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.
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What Doctors Are Saying About The Rise In Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...
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Fitness Level Matters More Than Weight for Longevity, Study Finds
A recent study revealed that aerobic fitness is more important than BMI when it comes to longevity. Experts explain why ...
How to keep track of your fitness without the scale
If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...
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Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
Allison Aubrey is a correspondent for NPR News, where her stories can be heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She's also a contributor to the PBS NewsHour and is one of the hosts of NPR ...
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.
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Don’t feel guilty about BMI – there’s a new definition of obesity
BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of new checks that could give a clue to your current ...
New definition of obesity does not rely only on BMI: Know what it is
Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than ...
You can be fat AND fit, obesity experts reveal as they say BMI 'wrong'
Huge numbers of the 17.6million Brits who have been told that they are overweight are in fact perfectly healthy, the ...