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New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and body fat provides key insights into strength and longevity that the scale ...
A 40-year study published in Pregnancy has revealed that elevated glucose levels in the third trimester of insulin-dependent ...
Stratifying body mass index categories by waist circumference thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in postmenopausal women.
While a healthy lifestyle naturally has important benefits, yet seeking weight loss alone might not give an adequate picture ...
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As the popularity of medications for weight loss, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, surges across North America, new research ...
A recent study finds that much of the cardiovascular disease seen in severely overweight people is driven by more than diabetes and high blood pressure.
In a large California health care system, the contemporary burden of obesity varied substantially across disaggregated Asian ...
Adults with obesity were more likely to achieve a 10% or greater weight loss at 1 year if they continued using their ...
HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...
• Future studies should report their results by age, gender, race/ethnicity; include the full data; include adverse events and other outcomes; control for both diet and physical activity in their ...