The Cardiology Advisor

High BMI Causally Related to Greater Risk for Vascular-Related Dementia

A higher body mass index (BMI) appears to be causally related to a greater risk for vascular-related dementia.
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BMI is a misleading metric: Body composition analysis is a much better alternative

Tshaka Armstrong is a nerd. Co-Founder of the non-profit digital literacy organization, Digital Shepherds, he’s also been a broadcast technology reporter, writer and producer. In addition to being an ...
Medscape

Plate Clearing Doesn’t Lead to Higher BMI

Habitual plate clearing — the tendency to finish all food served on one’s plate — is generally not related to a higher body ...
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BMI Weighs Heavily on All-Cause Mortality Risk, According to a Global Meta-Analysis

Not only is obesity linked with all-cause mortality across a range of body mass index (BMI) levels, but this relationship is consistent throughout different global populations, according to findings ...
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BMI Not the Best Option for Predicting CV Events, Global Analysis Suggests

PARIS, France—A sweeping population study has found that all-cause mortality risk drops with body mass index (BMI) but that lower is not necessarily better. In fact, the lowest mortality in this ...
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High BMI as a small child 'may not reflect lifelong obesity risk'

Having a high body mass index (BMI) as a young child may not reflect a lifelong risk of obesity, researchers suggest.A study by experts in Australia found the genetic factors that influence the size ...