Body Mass Index (BMI) provides an easy way to measure obesity, but more doctors are questioning its accuracy and usefulness.
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Exercise Alone Can Melt Away Dangerous Belly Fat in Diabetics
Just by increasing their physical activity, people with type 2 diabetes can lose fat that accumulates in the liver and abdomen and lower their risk of heart problems.
After Liposuction, Exercise Makes Fat Loss Last
Studies suggest that liposuction causes a rebound in fat gain, but not necessarily back to the areas where you lost it.
Can Wrist Size Help Predict Children’s Heart Disease Risk?
There are already several different ways to tell if you’re at increased risk of heart disease — whether you’re overweight, or have high cholesterol or high blood pressure, for example — but researchers want to add one more …
Apple Shapes May Not Be At Higher Risk of Heart Disease After All
If you’re one of those people who tends to put on weight around your middle, what doctors call an “apple shape” — what the rest of us call a beer belly — you’ve probably been told that you’re at higher risk of heart disease. …