Forget BMI—there's a 2,000-year-old technique for measuring body fat that's more useful
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...
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Want To Know If You’re Overweight? Forget BMI—Measure This, Says a Team of Experts
BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...
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What’s more useful than BMI? All you need to know about a 2000-year-old technique to measure body composition
Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of obesity. A suggested alternative is calculating body fat percentage through ...
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Unhealthy childhood could affect brain later in life, study suggests
Having an unhealthy childhood appears to lead to changes to parts of the brain which have been linked with dementia.
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Forget BMI There's A 2,000 Year-Old Technique For Measuring Body Fat That's More Useful
(MENAFN- The Conversation) It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticised again . This time a Lancet-commissioned group of experts is denouncing it as a ...
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Forget BMI – there’s a 2,000 year-old technique for measuring body fat that’s more useful
It’s the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticised again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group of experts is denouncing it as a diagnostic tool for obesity. They say ...