Want to measure body fat? This 2,000-year-old trick is better than BMI
Amid renewed criticism of the body mass index (BMI) as a diagnostic criterion for obesity, a 2,000-year-old technique used by ...
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 ...
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Experts Propose a New Definition of Obesity—and It Goes Beyond BMI
An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...
Who should be considered 'obese'? Time to move on from BMI, 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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Air pollution before conception may increase child BMI
In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...
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Being in shape is better for longevity than being thin, new study shows
That’s the conclusion of the largest, most comprehensive study yet of the relationship between aerobic fitness, body mass ...
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Exposure to air pollution before pregnancy linked to higher child body mass index, study finds
In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy predicted higher child body mass index (BMI) and related obesity risk ...