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14 days ago
From May 1, Air India will require cabin crew to maintain a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9. Flight attendants who fail to meet these fitness standards face potential pay cuts or termination.
17 days ago
BMI system often misclassifies people as overweight or obese, research finds ⊖
A new study suggests the traditional body mass index (BMI) system may misclassify more than a third of adults when it comes to their weight.
25 days ago
Dietician who bluffed her way into senior NHS job is struck off after colleagues discovered she didn't know where the intestines were, what a gallbladder did or how to calculate BMI ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Ifenyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso claimed to have experience working with a range of different health problems but her colleagues quickly discovered there were gaps in her knowledge.
63 days ago
France’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point | Zoe Williams ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A serious plan to tackle low birthrates could include addressing the fact that if people could afford to house themselves, they might be quicker to settle down
I almost never wonder how I’d feel if I …
84 days ago
Heartbreak for super-fit man, 29, who won cancer battle only to be told his fiance can't have IVF on the NHS - because his BMI is too large ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Ben Smith, 29, goes to the gym three times a week and plays football twice a week. Last summer he ran a half marathon.
3 months ago
Waist-to-height ratio 'is better than BMI for predicting health', new research suggests ⊕⊕
Using a tape measure may help pinpoint those who have more fat stored around their vital organs, which can increase the risk of conditions such as heart disease and stroke.
4 months ago
Huge Alzheimer's breakthrough as weight loss jab already prescribed to thousands on the NHS is found to slow progression of memory robbing illness ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Liraglutide - sold under the brand name Saxenda - is often offered to people with with a BMI of over 30 as it improves blood sugar control and aids weight loss.
Do women’s periods actually sync up with each other? ⊕
Experts unpack the common myth of menstruating people’s cycles synchronizing when they’re in close proximity for long enough
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5 months ago
Being obese can increase your risk of developing incurable ear ringing disorder tinnitus ○
Scientists from Pakistan discovered those with a BMI of over 30 were almost 50 per cent more likely to have the condition than men of a healthy weight.
As a GP who was obese with a BMI of 41, I know how cruel the world is to overweight women. Cut-price weight-loss jabs are so tempting... this is what I tell my patients ⊖
Judging from the numbers I'm seeing, the black market for weight-loss jabs isn't small-scale. This is a massive operation.