ABSI: een betere indicatie van gezondheid dan je BMI?
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BMI, waar het vroeger de heilige graal der maatstaven van gezondheid was, is de 'Body Mass Index' de afgelopen jaren flink…
BMI, waar het vroeger de heilige graal der maatstaven van gezondheid was, is de 'Body Mass Index' de afgelopen jaren flink…
BMI, waar het vroeger de heilige graal der maatstaven van gezondheid was, is de 'Body Mass Index' de afgelopen jaren flink…
Most women have sized up their bodies to someone else’s — the woman killing it on the treadmill, the mom buzzing by at…
A large Danish study recently found that the lowest mortality rates were for people with BMI values of 27 -- a level generally…
Public health authorities are forever telling us how much we should weigh, but one essential element is missing: shape.
Photo: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images. Public health authorities are forever telling us how much we should weigh, but one…
Public health authorities are forever telling us how much we should weigh, but one essential element is missing: shape.
Public health authorities are forever telling us how much we should weigh, but one essential element is missing: shape.
Public health authorities are forever telling us how much we should weigh, but one essential element is missing: shape.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute makes it easy to tell if you're overweight or obese: Divide your weight by your…
Take your weight (in kilograms) and divide it by your height (in meters). You've just calculated your body mass index (BMI)…
Slim waist is a better indicator of health than body mass index, researchers say.
Fat around the waist is an early warning sign of hypertension, a new study has found.
Scientists have recently confirmed the efficacy of a new tool—the Body Shape Index—which is reported to predict a person’s…
Most people know that BMI, or body mass index, is a fitness indicator calculated using your height and weight. Most people also…
Body mass index (BMI) has long been the go-to measurement for body fat and weight-related disease risk, but researchers are…
A new measurement that takes into account waist circumference in addition to traditional Body Mass Index (BMI) data provides…