Specific recommendations for adolescents (<18 years) Prepregnancy BMI cut-points based on CDC BMI charts; weight gain ... 33 • Fetal growth—Assess fundal height and consider an ultrasound ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

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

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...

One of the ways the CDC has stepped up its surveillance of H5N1 infections in people is by asking state public health laboratories to perform additional testing on all patient samples that test ...

FURTHER monetary easing is seen to prop up gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the Philippines, Fitch Solutions’ unit BMI said, as this would provide much-needed support to domestic demand. “For ...

U.S. teenagers still struggle to make healthy choices when it comes to diet, exercise and sleep, a new Centers for Disease ...