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Ozempic vs. Semaglutide: 10 Weight Loss Medications Compared for 2025
Wegovy is a GLP-1 agonist containing semaglutide, the same active ingredient as Ozempic. While both medications share this ...
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Why Body Mass Index (BMI) Can Be Problematic for the BIPOC Community
Yet don’t expect the healthcare industry’s reliance on BMI to wane anytime soon ... according to the ...
A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you
A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...
BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say — here’s what they recommend instead
The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...
The US is now the fattest it’s ever been as obesity rates rise again, CDC says — and these are the most overweight states
The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30 ... gut microbiome and access to healthcare and safe ...
Everyday Health7d
7 Tips Proven to Help Lower Your BMI
which will likely lower your BMI. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists these waist circumference guidelines: less than 35 inches for a woman (nonpregnant) and less than 40 ...
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Experts look to abandon BMI, find new ways to define obesity
The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...
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Obesity is not solely defined by BMI, study shows
BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...
The Hill15d
Commission finds new way to define obesity
A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI ... Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent ...