What’s more useful than BMI? All you need to know about a 2000-year-old technique to measure body composition
Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...
Forget BMI—there's a 2,000-year-old technique for measuring body fat that's more useful
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...
News Medical3d
Air pollution before conception may increase child BMI
In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...
KPBS4d
Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds
An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...
NerdWallet11d
5 Best S&P 500 Index Funds for January 2025
S&P 500 index funds like VFIAX and SWPPX can be an easy and inexpensive way to round out most investment portfolios. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...
Men's Health16d
The Ultimate Full Body Workout For Beginners
making full body workouts the more efficient option for those looking to add strength and mass. This beginner’s full body workout consists of 4 parts. Parts A and B are ‘supersets’: pairs of ...
thorax.bmj17d
Body mass index and weight change are associated with adult lung function trajectories: the prospective ECRHS study
We classified subjects into weight change profiles according to baseline body mass index (BMI) categories and weight change over 20 years. We estimated trajectories of lung function over time as a ...
BMJ17d
Trajectories of body mass index in adulthood and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Objective Limited research has assessed the association between patterns of body mass index (BMI) change across adulthood and mortality. We aimed to identify groups of individuals who followed ...
BMJ18d
Sex differences in whole body skeletal muscle mass measured by magnetic resonance imaging and its distribution in young Japanese adults
Objectives: To determine sex differences in the distribution of regional and total skeletal muscle (SM) using contiguous whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, and to examine the relations ...
Healthline18d
Here’s How Much Protein You Need in a Day to Build Muscle
The current recommended dietary allowance (RDA) is 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight ... training is a reminder that muscle mass is not simply a product of protein intake.
The Straits Times19d
How food diary videos on social media can impact your body image
Although they may seem harmless, some studies have shown that watching such videos can be associated with poor body image among young people. While these videos don’t violate any content ...
moneycontrol.com19d
HDFC BSE Sensex Index Fund - Direct Plan
Fund manager updated portfolio less frequently than peers in last 1 year. (I.e. fund manager held stocks/bonds in the portfolio for longer duration than peers) ...