Waist-to-height ratio ‘outperforms’ BMI in identification of serious health risks, analysis of over 120,000 people suggests ...
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This health parameter may be more important than BMI or body fat, according to doctor
BMI alone does not define health. Experts say visceral fat, the deep abdominal fat linked to insulin resistance and stress, ...
This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat ...
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Caffeine in Your Blood Might Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study Shows
The levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine ...
Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Gothenburg have developed a novel approach to assessing an individual ...
BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters, and it usually does not ...
The body mass index has long been slammed as a blunt instrument for evaluating health, even more so with new obesity drugs changing the conversation about weight and well-being. Now a study reasserts ...
An AI-based metabolic BMI identifies people with hidden metabolic disease risk missed by traditional BMI. The model shows ...
Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. The body mass index is not going away, a new ...
Research defining obesity shows that nearly 70% of U.S. adults could now be classified as obese. By considering where fat is ...
Kids and teens with a high body mass index (BMI) were 29 times more likely to have a high fat mass index compared with youths who had lower BMIs, making the controversial metric a "very good screening ...
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