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A simple calculation may predict high blood pressure better than BMI can

(Vlad Fratila's Images/Canva) A simple calculation may do a better job than body mass index (BMI) at flagging the risk of ...

New research challenges 4-decades old obesity theory as to why and how body composition varies in young children

In new research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May) and published in The ...
Irish Medical Times

New research claims to debunk four-decade old theory on children’s weight

The ‘adiposity rebound’ concept is wrong and no clinical intervention is needed, says study author: ‘Let's allow children to ...

Study challenges decades-old puzzle about childhood body fat

A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition, offers new insights into a decades-old puzzle in childhood obesity. The ...
Healio

Youth with higher adiposity may be more susceptible to cognitive effects of poor sleep

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After one night of restricted sleep, youth with greater adiposity had poorer cognition scores vs. those with ...
Technology Networks

Drinking Whole-Fat Milk May Lower Risk of Childhood Obesity

Discover how children who drink whole-fat milk in early childhood have lower odds of obesity in middle childhood than reduced ...
ascopubs.org

Multilevel Factors for Adiposity Change in a Population-Based Prospective Study of Black Breast Cancer Survivors

Actionable Tumor Alterations and Treatment Protocol Enrollment of Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Refractory Cancers in the National Cancer Institute–Children's Oncology Group Pediatric MATCH ...
Medical Dialogues

Adiposity and inflammation may be linked with all-cause and CV mortality among postmenopausal women: Study

Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) and Life’s Crucial 9 (LC9) from the American Heart Association are industry-accepted metrics that ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

BMI Screening Overlooks Excess Adiposity in Children Without Obesity

BMI alone may not accurately detect excess adiposity in children without obesity, missing many cases. The study emphasizes the need for additional body composition measures, like waist-height ratio ...