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New recommendations to measure obesity are more helpful than using only body mass index or BMI
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 22, 2025 Source:BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
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Study discusses how BMI should not be the sole indicator of potential health risks when there are other scales like waist circumference that add context to the evaluation.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 6, 2023 Source:Being overweight may not be associated with early death, study says Reference:Body mass index and all-cause mortality in a 21st century U.S. population: A National Health Interview Survey analysis
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Children with obesity should have health issues evaluated with more than just BMI.
Health Headlines Commentary for April 3, 2019 Source: Obesity in children should be defined by health issues, not just BMI: study Reference: Obesity class versus the Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Pediatrics to define health risk in childhood obesity: results from the CANPWR cross-sectional study
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Does exercise and fitness trump risk from elevated BMI?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 7, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Fitness levels trump weight for living longer Reference: Long-Term Effects of Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Body Mass Index on All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men
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Meta-analysis study tries to answer relationship between body-mass index and lifespan
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 2, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Excess weight shortens lifespan Reference: Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults
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It is not only obesity that affects health risk
In a keynote speech delivering the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Lecture at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2007, obesity expert Dr. Jean-Pierre Després stated that we need to change how we look at obesity, stop obsessing on weight and BMI and, above all, redefine the proper clinical use of weight loss drugs. “Some obese…
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Meta-analysis study tries to answer relationship between body-mass index and lifespan
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 2, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Excess weight shortens lifespan Reference: Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults