Body Mass Index Can Be Misleading
Body mass index may be useful for identifying obesity in large populations, but in individuals it doesn’t differentiate between fatty and lean tissue.
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Combining resistance and endurance training best for heart health, triathlon study finds
A study of triathletes reveals that the heart adapts to triathlon training by working more efficiently.
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Weight index doesn't tell the whole truth
A frequent question among people of a certain age, includingyours truly, is "Why, when I weigh the same as or less than I didwhen I was younger, does my waist keep getting bigger?" Phrasedanother way, the question could be "Why, when my body mass indexhas not changed, am I fatter than I used to be?"
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In Triathletes, Heart Adapts for Efficiency, Scans Show
Title: In Triathletes, Heart Adapts for Efficiency, Scans Show Category: Health News Created: 8/31/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010
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Nurse, Shelburne Farms fight child obesity
Jean Coffey will head to Shepherdstown, W.Va., this month for a conference aimed at training health-care professionals about how to encourage kids to go outside and play, an effort to reduce obesity rates.
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