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Beyond BMI: New report reframes obesity as a spectrum of illness, not just a risk factor
BMI has long been falling out of favor. When the American Medical Association urged downgrading BMI in 2023, it blamed its ...
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 ...
40 Day Health Challenge expert reveals home fitness test you can try now & how to take important body measurements
PROFESSOR of Clinical Exercise Physiology Niall Moyna has revealed how you can test your fitness and strength at home in four ...
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Body Frame Size Calculator
What is Body Frame Size and How it is Determined? How to Calculate Body Frame Size Using 'Wrist circumference' Measurement? How to Calculate Body Frame Size using 'Elbow Breadth' measurement?
New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...
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The New Definition of Obesity
The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more sophisticated, an international commission has concluded.Using body-mass ...
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Optimising layer nutrition based on body fat measurements
With the introduction of a new scanning tool, Cargill is now able to reveal the body fat condition in laying hens. According to the company, having ...
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Plan to cut PE test — and its body-fat measurement — in California sparks debate
Teachers are supposed to talk to students and their families if a student’s body-fat measurements are overly high or low, but that rarely happens, some teachers said. In addition, a student’s weight ...