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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

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

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

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

Supersize my portfolio: how to get rich on globesity

By Richard Poplak