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One of the inadequacies of using body mass index (BMI) as a predictive factor is that “current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate” a persons ...

Central obesity measures of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio appear to be more accurate and consistent indicators of colorectal cancer incidence compared with BMI, according to a study ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

Christina Soteriou grew up eating a Mediterranean diet in Cyprus. It's considered one of the healthiest ways to eat, and ...

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By incorporating specific types of exercise into a consistent workout routine, you can proactively counter age-related ...

Maintaining your current weight is about creating a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, not restrictive dieting or extreme ...

CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and criticisms of its usage? Dr. Leana Wen: Body mass index, or BMI, is a calculation performed by dividing a patient’s weight in kilograms by their height in ...

Allurion Technologies (ALUR) announced its intention to initiate a clinical study on the combination of the Allurion Program with GLP-1 ...