BMI Is Broken – A 2,000-Year-Old Discovery Offers a Smarter Way to Measure Body Fat
Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...
Obesity most prevalent in these 3 southern cities
WalletHub released a new analysis ranking America's most overweight cities, based on obesity rates, health consequences and ...
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Why obesity measuring tool BMI become useless as we age
However, a new study has found that BMI has its challenges as being the sole measure of obesity. The study to be presented at ...
Your BMI Might Be Lying to You as You Get Older
New research presented at the Congress on Obesity reveals significant differences in body composition among people with ...
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BMI may no longer be enough for assessing obesity in older adults
Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person's weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, ...
Does being married make you fat? New study finds the truth — and men are in trouble
Wedded to weight gain? New research shows a shocking link between marriage and excess pounds. A team from the National ...
Childhood obesity linked to higher COPD risk in adulthood
New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that ...
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Two-thirds of children classified BMI-overweight had normal fat estimated with waist-to-height ratio
Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.
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Obesity Increases Complications in Abdominal Surgery
A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of ...
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Should You Refer Obesity Patients for Comprehensive Weight Management?
The demand for glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for overweight/obesity has created a clinical conundrum for ...