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Remembering Dolores O’Riordan: ‘She left an indelible mark’
On the seventh anniversary of Dolores O'Riordan's death, we're revisiting Stuart Clark's special tribute to the Irish music ...
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Starchy Vegetables: Which to Eat and Avoid
While many starchy vegetables are a great source of fiber and protein, eating them in excess can raise blood sugar and contribute to weight gain ... each with different roles in the body. Resistant ...
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 ...
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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New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI
The commission recommends the inclusion of body fat measurements and the presence of existing health issues -- and cautions against using BMI alone as an individual measure of health. The proposal ...
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 ...
Moving away from BMI, experts propose a new definition for obesity
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
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BMI by itself isn't an accurate tool to diagnose obesity: Study
They recommend confirming obesity through additional body measurements like waist circumference or direct body fat measurement and categorizing it into clinical and pre-clinical obesity based on ...