Scientific American

Turning the tables on obesity and BMI: When more can be better.

I want to point out this interesting analysis in Science of a counterintuitive trend noticed in the last few years, the fact that BMI is not a foolproof predictor of mortality and that being ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Controversy continues over use of Body Mass Index to calculate obesity | Mark Mahoney

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals. However ...
BMJ

Physical activity/fitness peaks during perimenopause and BMI change patterns are not associated with baseline activity/fitness in women: a longitudinal study with a median 7 ...

1 Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, South Carolina, USA 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South ...
ascopubs.org

Postdiagnosis Body Mass Index, Weight Change, and Mortality From Prostate Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and All Causes Among Survivors of Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer

Only 2 previous studies investigated the effect of postdiagnosis body mass index (BMI) or weight gain on mortality among survivors of prostate cancer, the findings from which are conflicting. 6,14 ...