Health Talk | How do the revised obesity guidelines help
India has experienced a doubling of obesity prevalence over the past two decades, with abdominal obesity becoming ...
Air quality impacts baby’s future even before you’re pregnant
The air that women breathe up to three months before they become pregnant can have an effect on the future baby’s size. A ...
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BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Scientists find obese children diagnosed with cancer face worse health outcomes
In two cancerous conditions, obesity was strongly linked to poorer outcomes such as relapse or death. View on euronews ...
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GPs should use ‘clinical judgment’ on child obesity safeguarding concerns, says NICE
GPs should use their ‘clinical judgement’ to decide when a child’s obesity has become a safeguarding concern, according to ...
Overhaul of obesity diagnosis will change its treatment
The way clinicians diagnose obesity is set to change with new guidelines acknowledging that not all obese have the same ...