4 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthfully
We’ve been hearing it for over a decade now: Our kids are getting heavier. One in three of our youngsters are overweight or obese. Prevalence of childhood obesity...
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Is Obesity Reversible?
Last month The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a respected medical journal, published "Treating obesity seriously: when recommendations for lifestyle change confront biological adaptations." This article advises how to “seriously” treat obesity....
Are You at a Healthy Body Weight?—Understanding BMI
BMI stands for Body Mass Index. It is calculated from your height and weight. BMI is a useful measure of overweight status and obesity; it is an estimate of...
Is the BMI Chart Actually Accurate?
One of the first pieces of literature a patient receives when walking into our Weight Management department is a BMI (body mass index) chart. Over the years I...