Air quality impacts baby’s future even before you’re pregnant
The air that women breathe up to three months before they become pregnant can have an effect on the future baby’s size. A ...
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BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
The Average American Woman Weighs This Much
The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...
BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.
A new report suggests that a diagnosis of obesity should depend on patients' individual health — not their Body Mass Index.
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Study relates exposure to air pollution prior to conceiving with higher BMI in children
The study, published in the journal Environmental Research, found that an increase in PM2.5 levels by 16.2 micrograms per ...
Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
Doctors tweak guidelines to redefine obesity for Indians
A day after international experts proposed a new approach to define obesity by looking beyond body mass index (BMI), Indian ...
‘Fat but healthy’ people being wrongly diagnosed as obese
GPs are told to use additional metrics to diagnose overweight patients, rather than relying on body mass index alone ...
The ideal breakfast for men and women which can help with weight loss
The perfect breakfast for weight loss isn't about the food itself, but rather the energy it provides - and there's a certain ...
Health Talk | How do the revised obesity guidelines help
India has experienced a doubling of obesity prevalence over the past two decades, with abdominal obesity becoming ...
Obesity norms for India updated after 15 years
The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...
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Pre-Pregnancy Air Pollution Tied to Higher Child BMI
In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy predicted higher child ...