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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Body Mass Index


Increased BMI in the normal range has a negative effect on cardiometabolic risk markers

Posted: 09 Dec 2014 11:30 AM PST

Increases in excess fat adversely affect multiple cardiometabolic risk markers even in lean young adults according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine. The study by Peter Würtz from the University of Oulu, Finland, and colleagues suggests that, even within the range of body-mass index considered to be healthy, there is no threshold below which a BMI increase does not adversely ...

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Posted: 08 Dec 2014 07:14 PM PST

People persist in thinking that fat is just fat and appear ignorant of the many diseases that a high body mass index triggers.

Food advice stall to help stay healthy

Posted: 28 Nov 2014 04:09 AM PST

GET advice on healthy eating and measuring body mass index in Bradford.

Fat around heart may cause irregular heartbeat

Posted: 18 Nov 2014 09:36 PM PST

New York, Nov 19 (IANS) More than body mass index (BMI) which is commonly used to determine if a person is obese, it is the layer of fat around heart which is more closely associated with atrial fibrillation or irregular heart beat, finds research.

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