Black kidney patients find renewed hope after rules change for transplant list
A race-based method for calculating kidney function resulted in many Black patients being lower on the transplant waitlist ...
The Straits Times14d
New obesity benchmark adds body fat, organ health to BMI
It was endorsed by 76 organisations, including the World Obesity Federation, the American Heart Association ... The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised ...
GitHub16d
bmi-calculator
This project is a simple Java application that calculates your Body Mass Index (BMI) and determines your weight class based on your height and weight.
abp LIVE19d
African Winger Matches Cristiano Ronaldo's Record In Manchester United's Comeback Win | Details Inside
Amad Diallo Hattrick: The drought is finally over for the Red Devils, as Manchester United have registered their first hat-trick scorer in the Premier League after a period of three years. Amad Diallo ...
Scientific American19d
BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Because it is easy to measure and compare, BMI has long been used as a tool to diagnose obesity. But it doesn’t offer a full picture of a person’s health, because it doesn’t account for ...
abp LIVE19d
Stop Relying On BMI As Only Measure of Obesity, Says Lancet Report: ‘Fit People Likely Ruled Overweight’
Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...
India Today19d
BMI not accurate for obesity diagnosis: Here are the new guidelines
Indian doctors have revised obesity guidelines for the first time in 15 years, moving beyond the traditional BMI tool to include metrics like Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio. Listen to ...
Firstpost20d
How do you measure obesity? Not by BMI alone
which are often limited to patients with a BMI over 30. Access to these treatments could expand with a more comprehensive diagnosis framework. Dr. Mariell Jessup, chief scientific and medical officer ...
The Economist20d
West African booze is becoming a luxury product
Yet today there are few African names in the global market for high-end spirits. Some entrepreneurs are trying to change that. Amma Mensah, the British-Ghanaian owner of Reign Rums, and Lola Pedro ...
PBS20d
Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...
Hindustan Times20d
Going beyond BMI: Major overhaul of obesity diagnosis proposed
The body mass index (BMI) , a measure that dates back to 1832, is not a reliable measure of health or illness and needs to be used along with waist circumference and direct fat measurement to ...
Daily Mail20d
You can be fat AND fit, obesity experts reveal as they say BMI needs to go: More than 15million Britons are 'wrongly labelled overweight'
Asked specifically about the National Childhood Measurement Programme, which measures the level of obesity in children using their height and weight to calculate their BMI score, Professor Louise ...