BMI

• Unheard. Unserved: Woman denied breast cancer surgery by hospital due to BMI

  A Nova Scotia woman says her BMI has kept her from having a necessary surgery and wants change with how overweight women are treated in the health-care system.

  Health

  Oct 8, 2025
  
• Obesity and BMI: Experts want to branch out from controversial metric

  A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index.

  Health

  Jan 15, 2025
  
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• Canada lacks cohesion over obesity as a COVID-19 vaccine priority

  Three provinces have explicitly listed obesity as among the criteria for vaccine eligibility once their respective programs expand.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2021
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• Managing obesity is not about weight loss alone, says McMaster researcher

  Dr. Sean Wharton says "compassion and empathy'' and cognitive therapy can be key in fighting obesity.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2020
• Study warns global food demand could rise almost 80% by 2100

  The increase, which would particularly affect Sub-Saharan African countries, would amount to the "combined calorie requirements of India and Nigeria" in 2010.

  Science

  Dec 10, 2019
• Abdominal obesity in Quebec has doubled in the last 30 years: study

  The study found the percentage of Quebec adults with a waist size associated with a high risk of developing chronic diseases has more than doubled.

  Health

  Aug 20, 2019
• Getting beyond BMI for a more complete picture of your health

  BMI is a "problematic" measure of your health, experts say. But other numbers, on their own, aren't always much better.

  Health

  Jul 31, 2019
• Trump’s body mass index reads ‘obese.’ But that measure has problems, experts say

  His physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said in a statement that at 243 points on a six-foot-three frame, Trump "remains very healthy overall."

  Feb 14, 2019
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• Donald Trump’s physical reveals he is now obese, but is ‘in very good health overall’

  The White House on Thursday released results of his most recent physical, revealing that his Body Mass Index is now 30.4. That's based on the fact that he's now carrying 243 pounds on his 6-foot, 3-inch frame. People with an index rating above 30 are considered obese.

  Health

  Feb 14, 2019
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• These 5 factors could extend your life by 10 years — or more

  The study, published in the online journal Circulation, looked at the lifestyles in over 500,000 cases.

  Canada

  May 1, 2018