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25 Healthy Weight Gaining Foods For Kids
Underweight children may experience different health issues. That is why it is important to include some weight gain foods ...
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...
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Goodbye, BMI: Experts outline new guidance for determining healthy range of body fat
People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.
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Want Precise Weight Measurements? Here's When to Step on the Scale
Store and use your weight scale on a solid, flat surface. Stand barefoot on your scale, keeping your weight distributed ...
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Being in shape is better for longevity than being thin, new study shows
Being in shape is far more crucial for a long, healthy life than being slim. That’s the conclusion of the largest, most ...
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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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BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
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Stop Relying On BMI As Only Measure of Obesity, Says Lancet Report: ‘Fit People Likely Ruled Overweight’
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, made up of more than 50 experts, has called for a ‘radical overhaul’ in how ...
How to keep track of your fitness without the scale
If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...
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Ancient Technique Beats BMI for Measuring Body Fat
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 ...
New recommendations to measure obesity go beyond controversial BMI. A doctor explains.
Body Mass Index, or BMI, has long been criticized as an unreliable method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts ...
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Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
Allison Aubrey is a correspondent for NPR News, where her stories can be heard on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She's also a contributor to the PBS NewsHour and is one of the hosts of NPR ...