Waist circumference outshines BMI as obesity-related cancer risk marker in men, but not women
Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...
I’ve got washboard abs, work out loads & weigh 13 stone at 5ft10 but I’m ‘obese’ by BMI standards…it’s a bulls**t system
A WOMAN who’s classed as borderline “obese” has hit out at the “flawed” BMI system. Hannah, who is 5ft 10in tall and a ...
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Higher BMI in adolescence worsens genetic risk for high blood pressure, study finds
Adolescent BMI amplifies genetic risk for high blood pressure, with sex-specific differences in how BMI modifies SBP ...
BMI Is Broken – A 2,000-Year-Old Discovery Offers a Smarter Way to Measure Body Fat
Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...
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Ideal Body Weight
One tool doctors have long used to measure ideal body weight is body mass index (BMI). It's a measure of your body weight in kilograms divided by the square of your height in meters. You can ...
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Higher BMI trajectory during childhood may raise COPD risk later in life
Adults who had an above-average BMI, overweight or obesity during childhood have increased risk for developing chronic ...
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Waist circumference stronger risk marker than BMI for obesity-related cancer in men, but not women
Among women, the associations were weaker and similar for both WC and BMI. For example, both an increase of about 12 cm in waist circumference (e.g., comparing WC of 91.8 cm vs. 80.0 cm) and an ...