Bicycling on MSN14h
New Report Challenges Current Definition of Obesity
One of the inadequacies of using body mass index (BMI) as a predictive factor is that “current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate” a persons ...
Health Care Coverage Could Be Expanded To Millions of Americans
New bill COVER, lead by Alabama Democrat Shomari Figures, is designed to reach people in states which refuse to extend ...
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Q&A: New York’s plan for boosting life expectancy, neighborhood by neighborhood
Life expectancy in New York City has been falling. A new plan to address it includes basic income, prescribing parks, and ...
Healthbeat on MSN6h
New Emory survey finds Americans agree on public health priorities: affordable care, food and water safety, chronic diseases
Here’s a few public health priorities that Americans can agree on: making health care more accessible and affordable, ...