The Latest Breaking News from Body Fat

Spend some time scrolling social media and you’re all-but-guaranteed to see an ad promising to help you with targeted fat loss. These ads promote a concept known as “spot reduction”, claiming you can burn fat in a specific body area, usually the belly, with specially designed exercises or workouts.

Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels.

The argument against BMI is that it measures weight, not fat, which makes it inaccurate and thus that it contributes to body shaming.

Having conditions such as high blood pressure, excess body fat, and abnormal cholesterol is believed to be a contributing factor.

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Devised almost 200 years ago, body mass index is used as a marker of health by many, yet called useless by others. What’s the truth?

Doctors found a novel gene mutation in two siblings with the same rare disorder.

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Researchers find one-third of normal-weight individuals are actually obese based on body fat percentage.

A new policy creates an important opportunity to review the current use of BMI in healthcare settings.

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