What does it mean to have a low body mass index (BMI), according to the World Health Organization?
Body mass index is a measure that provides insight into body fat by comparing an individual's height and weight. This ...
Your BMI Might Be Lying to You as You Get Older
New research presented at the Congress on Obesity reveals significant differences in body composition among people with ...
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Young men with late puberty have healthier fat-to-muscle ratios
Later puberty in young men is linked to lower bone volume and lean mass, but a healthier body composition. Earlier puberty ...
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BMI may no longer be enough for assessing obesity in older adults
Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person's weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, ...
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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 ...
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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Mediterranean diet could help lower cancer risk in obesity
Researchers acknowledge a few possible reasons for why they did not find BMI or waist-to-hip ratio mediated the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, and one is that the cohort had a low prevalence of ...
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BMI expects lower metal prices this year
Market analyst BMI – a unit of Fitch Solutions – has forecast that metal prices will average slightly lower this year than in 2024, with BMI head of commodities analysis director Sabrin ...
Childhood obesity linked to higher COPD risk in adulthood
New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that ...