Hosted on MSN6d
Spirit calls Frontier's acquisition bid 'woefully insufficient'
A lot has changed in the year since a federal judge blocked JetBlue Airways (JBLU) from acquiring fellow low-cost carrier ...
'At 25st I struggled to walk, one diet saw me lose 12st in 18 months'
A woman who dropped from a size 30 to a size 12 in 18 months with a simple diet has said rejecting gastric sleeve surgery was ...
Techno-Science on MSN11d
Air pollution impacts the health of future children, even before conception 👶
A recent study reveals that exposure to air pollution before conception could have consequences on children's health.
The Straits Times14d
New obesity benchmark adds body fat, organ health to BMI
The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised as too simplistic, in part because it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Currently, anyone with a BMI of ...
The Indian Express14d
New definition for obesity? What a new Lancet commission has proposed to replace BMI
The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...
BMI vs. Body Fat: Is One Measurement More Important Than the Other?
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...
Fox News16d
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. "Obesity is a complex ...
WUKY16d
Want to know if your body fat is in the healthy range? Experts say BMI is not the way
People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.
The Financial Express18d
Is BMI really bogus? Experts redefine how you check your weight
Experts maintain that as BMI is easy to use and calculate, it has been to diagnose obesity for a long time. (Image Credits: Pixabay) For the longest time Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the ...
Latest on SAYS18d
Police Officers Must Have A BMI Of Less Than 28 To Be Promoted
This was one of the new conditions added to make the promotions process stricter, according to a recent Facebook post by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM). Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin ...
health.economictimes.indiatimes18d
Study relates exposure to air pollution prior to conceiving with higher BMI in children
New Delhi: Increased exposure to air pollution in the months prior to pregnancy is associated with higher body mass index (BMI) and obesity risk factors in children up to two years after birth ...
deseret18d
Air quality impacts baby’s future even before you’re pregnant
They found that greater exposure to three kinds of air pollution — PM2.5, PM10 and nitrous dioxide — before pregnancy was associated with higher body mass index and higher values on the standardized ...