Carsten Buus · @CarstenBuus
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Shades · @shades
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"The body mass index (BMI) metric has caused 'historical harm,' including racist exclusion, according to a new report by the American Medical Association (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health."

axios.com/2023/06/16/bmi-body-

#aprilrubin #axios #bodymassindex #bmi #obesity #eatingdisorders #americanmedicalassociation #ama

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Her Doing Health · @Her_Doing_Health
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"The has for the first time acknowledged the history of the , admitting that its continued use is especially problematic due to variations in body types among racial and ethnic groups, as well as different age and gender groups.

Also ... the AMA is supporting increased training in schools to promote the early identification of disordered eating behaviors."

themarysue.com/american-medica

#ama #racist #bmi #bodymassindex #obesity #EatingDisorders #black #women

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iamBullivant · @bullivant
668 followers · 4479 posts · Server mastodon.ie
dustcircle :verified: · @dustcircle
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who later on the weekends than they do midweek have a larger waist circumference and a higher than those with a consistent
newscientist.com/article/23660

#children #gotobed #bodymassindex #bedtime

Last updated 1 year ago

scinexx - das wissensmagazin · @scinexx
27 followers · 195 posts · Server nrw.social

Alternativer Body-Mass-Index im Test. KI-gestützte Kombi aus Körpergewicht und Blutwerten bezieht auch Gesundheitsmarker mit ein. scinexx.de/news/medizin/altern

#bmi #uebergewicht #bodymassindex #gesundheit

Last updated 1 year ago

Twenty-four-hour movement guidelines during adolescence and its association with obesity at adulthood: results from a nationally representative study. OPEN ACCESS.
Read it on: link.springer.com/article/10.1

#physicalactivity #screentime #bodymassindex

Last updated 2 years ago