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The body mass index has long been slammed as a blunt instrument for evaluating health, even more so with new obesity drugs changing the conversation about weight and well-being. Now a study reasserts ...

【脂肪肝】体重没超标、BMI正常并不代表身体健康。一名35岁男子虽然BMI指标正常，不过却被验出患有脂肪肝、肾功能转差，更被医生警告如病情持续恶化，60岁时恐将面临洗肾的命运。后来，他听从医生建议，从3大方向改善自己的生活习惯，最终成功在3个月后逆转病情，肾功能及脂肪肝均获大幅改善。

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I am getting bent out of shape over surgeons telling patients they cannot get a knee replacement because they are above a certain BMI cutoff. Here’s a familiar scenario: A patient with a high body ...

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Last year, my wife started training for the New York City marathon. I couldn’t exactly be ordering in Taco Bell while she was eating clean and running double-digit miles everyday, so I set out to make ...

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"BMI is trash. Full stop." This controversial tweet, which received thousands of likes and retweets, was cited in a recent Medscape perspective by one doctor on when physicians might stop using body ...

When Kate Townsend took her kids for their back-to-school health checkups last month, she got a surprise. The Western Springs, Illinois, mother of three wanted to make sure their vaccinations were ...