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Health panel urges interventions for children and teens with high BMI
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWith obesity continuing to loom as a major public health threat, a leading panel of independent U.S....
Scientists have found a replacement for ‘outdated’ BMI readings
Yahoo Life UK· 4 months agoWaist circumference-to-height ratio is a good way of measuring body fat instead of BMI. (Getty...
Canadians are missing out on IVF because of their weight, and they want to know why: 'It honestly...
Yahoo Canada Style· 3 months agoAn OBGYN says complications for overweight people trying to access IVF is "rare," and yet body mass...
BMI alone is a poor indicator of health, the AMA says. These metrics may be better.
Yahoo Life· 9 months agoIs BMI the best way to assess weight and health? (Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo Life;...
BMI threshold for obesity in older people should be lowered, researchers say
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe threshold for detecting obesity should be lowered for middle-aged and older people, researchers...
Are BMI's outdated? Experts weigh in
Yahoo Life UK· 5 months agoWhat do you think of BMIs to measure health? (Getty Images) A body mass index (BMI) result will label you as 'underweight', 'healthy weight,...
Obese people more likely to take more sick days, new study finds
Sky News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoObese people are more likely to take more sick days than people of a normal weight, according to a...
Michael Mosley's most famous diets - from 5:2 to the Fast 800
Sky News via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoTV doctor Michael Mosley's death has been met with an outpouring of people describing how he...
Plus-size and trying to get pregnant through IVF? Here's why the process can be especially...
Yahoo Life· 1 year agoSeeking out IVF can be especially complicated for plus-size women. Here's why. (Image: Getty;...
Childhood obesity has ‘profound’ impact on life expectancy, researchers warn
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBeing very obese as a young child could cut life expectancy by about half, according to a study....