BMI has long been criticized for its inability to accurately measure obesity. Now, there’s a new method on the horizon.

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Researchers say they have a better way to measure weight than BMI - The cost-effective option is already found in some ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...

The summary disability weight measure, termed as cumulative health measure, was computed in two steps: (1) identifying important features from pathophysiological data collected at the initial ...

In a nutshell Using resistance-based weight machines twice a week helped older adults with mild cognitive impairment maintain memory performance, while a non-exercising group showed no improvement.

Beckhoff reported Oct. 29 that its TwinCAT 3 Weighing Library has added a fast, precise, load-cell-based “scale” for integrating weight measurement directly into a standard machine control environment ...

“In other words, if you measure someone’s weight or height two times, you are likely to get a very similar measurement both times, and different people using the same equipment are likely to ...

Advances in technology led to the creation of electronic scales, featuring electro-mechanical sensors called load cells and relying upon a strain gauge to measure weight. Before automatic electronic ...

Dr. Joseph orders DEXA – dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry – scans for some of his patients. These scans measure bone mineral density, and also measure body composition and fat distribution.