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Should we ditch BMI and use the ‘body roundness index’ instead?

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BMI has remained the go-to method for measuring health since it first started being used in the latter part of the 20th century. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person’s body fat levels. To calculate someone’s…

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Race For Blockbuster Weight-Loss Drugs Pushes Indians To Gray Market

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India had the third largest number of people with obesity as of 2022 Stashing boxes of injectables in their carry-on luggage. Buying counterfeit formulas online. Importing boxes from Europe. The race to score blockbuster weight-loss drugs is pushing one of the world’s largest populations of obese people to creative lengths. Breathless media coverage has helped…

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