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BMI alone is a poor indicator of health, the AMA says. These metrics may be better.

Is BMI the best way to assess weight and health? (Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo Life; photos: Getty Images) Body mass index (BMI) is a simple tool for assessing whether an individual falls ...
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BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. There's a better way to measure weight

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...
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AI tool can measure fat around the heart and calculate one’s diabetes risk

Accumulation of fat specifically around the heart has long been linked to cardiovascular and metabolic disease but until now there hasn’t been a simple way to measure this. A new artificial ...
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BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. There's a better way to measure weight

So the, the question we're investigating in this study is whether the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists, which is *** medication for weight loss and diabetes, um, is associated with *** lower risk of ...