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The Cost of Obesity

If your child’s body-mass index (BMI) is on the high end, helping them achieve a healthy weight won’t just benefit them from a health perspective

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BMI: Better Than Genetics for Predicting Diabetes Risk

Body-mass index (BMI) certainly has its critics, particularly because it doesn’t always provide an accurate measure of overall health or fitness. For example, two adult males can each have the same BMI of 26 (considered overweight), even though one clearly is overweight, while the other is loaded with muscle. That said, BMI has a role […]

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