Beware! Yo-yo Diet Can Severely Harm Your Kidneys If You Have Diabetes
Yo-yo dieting has significantly increased the risk of kidney disease in those with type 1 diabetes, regardless of body mass index and other traditional risk factors, according to a new study published ...
Endocrinology Advisor4d
Telerehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Pain Effective in Patients With and Without Obesity
Patients with and without obesity experienced significant pain reductions and improved functioning following telerehabilitation for chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Everyday Health14d
7 Tips Proven to Help Lower Your BMI
You’ve long heard doctors talk about BMI — or body mass index — and you may even know yours off the top of your head, especially if you were told your number was in the unhealthy range.
The Straits Times17d
New obesity benchmark adds body fat, organ health to BMI
The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised as too simplistic, in part because it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Currently, anyone with a BMI of ...
The Indian Express17d
New definition for obesity? What a new Lancet commission has proposed to replace BMI
On the other hand, people with high muscle mass may have a BMI of more than 30 while being extremely healthy, and in no need of any intervention. Then there are many people who do have excess body fat ...
Fox News18d
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard ... the person has excess body fat that has not affected the function of their tissues and organs. "People with clinical obesity suffer ...
AOL21d
Why BMI is not the obesity measurement we need
BMI fails to account for fat distribution and ... obesity is a chronic disease where excess body fat impairs organ function or daily activities. Researchers identified diagnostic criteria ...
Port Macquarie News21d
'Divisive': Thousands with obesity in the Hunter, but BMI on chopping block
More than 12,000 people a year are hospitalised in Hunter New England due to being overweight or living with obesity.
SBS21d
'A terrible tool': The problem with BMI
The BMI was initially based on a study set of European ... is linked to noticeable signs or symptoms of reduced organ function, or a significant decline in the ability to perform daily activities.
The Tribune21d
Moving beyond BMI
The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...
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Stop Relying On BMI As Only Measure of Obesity, Says Lancet Report: ‘Fit People Likely Ruled Overweight’
BMI has been used as the standard method of diagnosing obesity ... directly results from the effect of excess adiposity on the function of organs and tissues”. Adiposity is the amount of fat stored in ...