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Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

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New study from /Amgen highlights the importance of BMI in pathogenesis of disease, suggesting that reducing BMI alone could lower the risk of several diseases.

When you visit a doctor, one of the first steps is a stop at the triage, where your weight and height are measured, and your ...

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The term BMI was first used in the mid-19th century, although the acronym wasn't officially coined until 1972 when ...

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However, there are several ways that obesity can lead to hypertension. One study that followed a group of obese women for 14 years revealed that BMI was the most substantial risk factor for developing ...