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Why BMI isn't the most accurate measure of obesity
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why BMI isn't the most accurate measure of obesity

India Today  

Obesity is excessive fat stored in the body. It doesn’t account for body fat distribution and can be inaccurate for people of different ethnicities and body types, potentially misclassifying their health risk based on a single number,” explains Dr Atul Sardana, bariatric and general surgeon, Apollo Spectra, New Delhi. “Other methods used to measure and quantify obesity are Waist-Hip or …

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DR SARAH JARVIS: The NHS MUST screen for osteoporosis - it's left me with the bones of a 90 year-old and I only found out by chance
4 months ago

DR SARAH JARVIS: The NHS MUST screen for osteoporosis - it's left me with the bones of a 90 year-old and I only found out by chance

Daily Mail  

Last month, Britain’s first female Chancellor gave the NHS its greatest funding boost in recent memory. At-risk patients – for example, older women who have suffered a recent bone break – should be screened for the disease using a bone-density scan known as a DEXA scan. Yet only half of hospitals in the UK have specialist clinics – known as …

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Unmasking India’s osteoporosis care crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

Unmasking India’s osteoporosis care crisis

The Hindu  

Nazma is a 55-year-old housewife who began to feel “bone pain” all over her body, some years ago. The doctor said that alongside causing me pain, osteoporosis would also increase the chances of fractures.” Ms. Nazma’s case is not an exception, unfortunately. “There are enormous gaps in knowledge about osteoporosis, even among doctors,” says Alfia Kaki, a doctor in Guwahati. …

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BCCI review: Yo-Yo test returns, Dexa also added to selection criteria for Indian team
2 years, 2 months ago

BCCI review: Yo-Yo test returns, Dexa also added to selection criteria for Indian team

The Hindu  

The Yo-Yo fitness test was on January 1, 2023, reintroduced in the eligibility criteria for selection in the Indian cricket team following the high-profile review meeting of the BCCI here. The meeting, which was pending since India's semifinal exit from the T20 World Cup in November, finally took place in the presence of BCCI secretary Jay Shah, president Roger Binny, …

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Married At First Sight's Mishel Karen shares body fat scans taken before weight loss journey
4 years, 8 months ago

Married At First Sight's Mishel Karen shares body fat scans taken before weight loss journey

Daily Mail  

Married At First Sight's Mishel Karen has shared the results of a body composition scan she took before her weight loss journey. Offering an in-depth analysis of the photos from her DEXA scan Mishel noted that she had a 'thick layer of outside fat' but 'on the positive side' doesn't have too much visceral fat. Health journey: Married At First …

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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Can you pass the string test? A brilliantly simple way to check your fat
5 years, 10 months ago

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Can you pass the string test? A brilliantly simple way to check your fat

Daily Mail  

To start the string test you need to cut a piece of string which is as around as tall as you are A warning that being overweight is bad for you is hardly news, but the message was hammered home last week by yet another big study, based on data collected from more than 2.8 million British patients. And for …

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Lo pusimos a prueba por ti: ¿Sirve realmente saber el índice de masa corporal?
9 years, 7 months ago

Lo pusimos a prueba por ti: ¿Sirve realmente saber el índice de masa corporal?

BBC  

Lo pusimos a prueba por ti: ¿Sirve realmente saber el índice de masa corporal? Al notar que su IMC reflejaba sobrepeso, el doctor y presentador de la BBC, Mark Potter, decidió investigar y poner a prueba la efectividad del índice, comparándolo con otros métodos para medir la grasa del cuerpo. Pero Potter también se sometió a una densitometría ósea o …

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The silent disease
21 years, 2 months ago

The silent disease

The Hindu  

Although the incidence of osteoporosis is high in India, lack of awareness about the disease delays diagnosis and preventive treatment. While gradual bone loss is normal to aging, it is those who fail to achieve optimal peak bone mass and/or those with accelerated bone loss who are at the greatest risk of osteoporosis. The World Health Organisation defines osteoporosis as …

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