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Body mass index

How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment

Maverick Life

How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment

by: Louise Baur, John B. Dixon, Priya Sumithran and Wendy A. Brown

Body mass index not a reliable nor accurate measure of health — here’s why

Maverick Life, DM168

Body mass index not a reliable nor accurate measure of health — here’s why

by: Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan

The cruel treatment of obese people echoes dark days of HIV, fuelled by the diet-and-exercise fallacy

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

The cruel treatment of obese people echoes dark days of HIV, fuelled by the diet-and-exercise fallacy

by: Joan van Dyk for the Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism

World, Newsdeck

Half of Americans trying to lose weight: study

by: AFP

Newsdeck

In US, 57 percent of kids on track for obesity by 35: study

by: AFP

Newsdeck

Child obesity grows tenfold since 1975: study

by: AFP

Supersize my portfolio: how to get rich on globesity

Business Maverick, World

Supersize my portfolio: how to get rich on globesity

by: Richard Poplak

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