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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Is India facing an obesity crisis?
The commercialisation of junk food, increase in inactive lifestyles with prolonged sitting, and high stress environments, ...
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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.
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Warning: This Body Type May Be A Red Flag For Colorectal Cancer, Diabetes And Heart Attack
Body shape impacts health risks significantly. Bodies with excess belly fat elevate risks of heart disease, diabetes, colorectal cancer, and high blood pressure due to visceral fat. This new study ...
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.