Body Mass Index

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• Growing Up Poor Impacts Physical and Mental Illness in Young Adults
• BMI measurement may be missing 25 percent of children who could be considered obese
• Study Links Exposure to Environmental Pollutants to Obesity, Diabetes
• Researchers find that BMI tool misses children who should be considered obese
• Bypassing BMI to build a better health profile for women

Growing Up Poor Impacts Physical and Mental Illness in Young Adults Posted: 24 Jun 2014 01:29 PM PDT Socioeconomic adversity during childhood increases the likelihood of both depression and higher body mass index (BMI) in early adolescence, which can worsen and lead to illness for young adults, according to a new report in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

BMI measurement may be missing 25 percent of children who could be considered obese Posted: 24 Jun 2014 12:38 PM PDT Physicians using body mass index (BMI) to diagnose children as obese may be missing 25 percent of kids who have excess body fat despite a normal BMI, which can be a serious concern for long-term health, according to a study. The researchers found that BMI has high specificity in identifying pediatric obesity, meaning BMI accurately identifies children who are obese, but has a moderate ...

Study Links Exposure to Environmental Pollutants to Obesity, Diabetes Posted: 24 Jun 2014 12:19 PM PDT

Researchers find that BMI tool misses children who should be considered obese Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:43 AM PDT Physicians using body mass index (BMI) to diagnose children as obese may be missing 25 percent of kids who have excess body fat despite a normal BMI, which can be a serious concern for long-term health, according to a Mayo Clinic study published online today in Pediatric Obesity.

Bypassing BMI to build a better health profile for women Posted: 23 Jun 2014 08:27 PM PDT Nutrition experts at Massey University are bypassing the more traditional Body Mass Index (BMI) to build a better health profile based on body fat and the risk of chronic disease.

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