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By narrowing their research to overweight and obese individuals, Roswell Park researchers found that metformin might offer ...

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Belly fat — both the visible kind and the deep kind that sits around your organs — is caused by a combination of factors.

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1 Shanghai Putuo District Changzheng Town Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, China 2 Department of General Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Background: It has been ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

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A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

New research exposes critical flaws in BMI measurements, as medical experts advocate for more accurate and inclusive methods ...