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Your BMI could be affecting your menstrual cycle—researchers explain how
Extreme BMIs—both high and low—are linked to irregular menstrual cycles and increased risk of anovulatory cycles, ...
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Body mass index (BMI) can help you see if your weight is raising your risk for health problems. It uses a formula to compare how much you weigh with how tall you are. A BMI lower than 18.5 is ...
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Scientists Suggest New Way to Help Measure Obesity Instead of Just Using Traditional BMI Metric
Related: BMI Is Not an Accurate Way to Determine If Models Are Too Skinny, Says Plus-Size Model Iskra Lawrence While speaking to NPR, Dr. Robert Kushner, an endocrinologist at Northwestern ...
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Association of maternal metabolic risk factors with offspring body mass index (BMI) trajectories in early childhood: a retrospective cohort study
Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine ...
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Body mass index as a predictor of healthy and disease-free life expectancy between ages 50 and 75: a multicohort study
Finally, we tested the sex × BMI interaction in multinomial logistic models. In most cases, this did not significantly improve model fit. However, the interaction was significant for self-rated ...