Body Mass Index Can Be Misleading

Body mass index may be useful for identifying obesity in large populations, but in individuals it doesn’t differentiate between fatty and lean tissue.

Doctors seek to slow loss of muscle tone among aging

Why muscles wither with age is captivating a growing number of scientists and others.

Your B.M.I. Doesn't Tell The Whole Story, Experts Say

The index doesn't differentiate between fatty and lean tissue.

Expert Healthcare Panel Recommends Select Nutritional Support for Baby Boomers for Healthy Aging to Maintain Active ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Nutritional recommendations for the management of sarcopenia -- also described as age-related muscle and functional loss -- were published this past week in the clinical publication, Journal of American Medical Directors Association (July - Volume 11:391 -396) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20627179). It suggests that ...

Gaining on death, cooling therapy catches on

It was a cold, drizzly March morning this year when Ed Sproull's heart stopped beating.

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