Engaged parenting may help prevent childhood obesity
Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...
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Your BMI could be affecting your menstrual cycle—researchers explain how
Extreme BMIs—both high and low—are linked to irregular menstrual cycles and increased risk of anovulatory cycles, ...
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Early Parenting Advice Lowers Kids' Later BMI
Early training for parents on healthy feeding and other parenting practices led to lower body mass index (BMI) for 3- to ...
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Association of maternal metabolic risk factors with offspring body mass index (BMI) trajectories in early childhood: a retrospective cohort study
Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine ...
BMI overestimates childhood obesity compared to waist-to-height ratio, study suggests
Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.