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Combination of weight loss drugs may be better for pre-metabolic surgery patients than GLP-1s or dieting alone
For patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 70 or higher, metabolic surgery is a highly effective treatment for this form of ...
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Body Mass Index (BMI): What It Tells You — And What It Doesn’t
Body Mass Index (BMI): What It Tells You — And What It Doesn’t SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height ...
Social media’s push for the perfect muscular body is fuelling a new form of disordered eating — and young men are most at risk
Muscularity oriented disordered eating refers to the disordered eating habits people may adopt in their drive to gain muscle ...
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Effects of BMI and Socioeconomic Status on GWG
Body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic position, and mental health were key determinants of unhealthy gestational weight gain (GWG) among UK women. Researchers performed a secondary analysis of the Born ...
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Post-Kidney Transplant Adverse Outcomes Increased With BMI-BSA Obesity
(HealthDay News) — Combined body mass index (BMI)-body surface area (BSA) obesity is associated with an increased risk for post-kidney transplant (KT) adverse outcomes, according to a study published ...
Verywell Health on MSN4d
What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Almonds Regularly
Almonds have health benefits that can lower blood sugar levels, reduce blood pressure, and lower cholesterol levels. Here’s ...
Medscape13d
Fezolinetant for Hot Flashes Did Not Increase Body Weight or BMI
“BRI has been found to be superior in estimating risk for clinical endpoints including cardiometabolic disease, kidney ...
The Society Pages7d
When Waistlines Shape Love Lives: Body Size, Attractiveness, Partnership, and Partnered Sex
Most of us have heard that body weight can influence health, but far less attention has been paid to the ways it can ...
Nursing in Practice4d
Abdominal body fat is a higher risk for developing psoriasis
Centrally stored body fat is more strongly linked to an increased risk of psoriasis than overall body fat, a study has ...
Physician's Weekly9d
Association of a Body Shape Index with Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis Among U.S. Adults: Evidence from NHANES.
Obesity significantly impacts bone health. The ABSI is an innovative metric for assessing obesity, offering greater accuracy than traditional measures such as body mass index and waist circumference ...
Key body measurement linked to 18% greater risk of bowel cancer – are you at risk?
WITH bowel cancer rates rising in younger adults around the world, experts are desperately searching for possible causes. Risk factors like diet, alcohol and smoking could be explanations, say ...