WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The debate continues over the use of body mass index calculators by health care providers. Some feel it can falsely label people as unhealthy and a recent study by the University ...
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Everything you've been told about "curvy" health is misleading: Why BMI no longer works
If you've ever stood on a scale at the doctor's office only to be told your health status based on a single number, you're ...
US health officials have had to create a new body mass index (BMI) category for the most obese children because so many were 'off the charts fat'. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
Body mass index, or BMI, is a way to estimate whether a person is at a healthy weight for his or her height. Although the measure isn't a perfect indicator of a person's overall health, it's an easy ...
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