Stepping onto the scale at the doctor’s office may not be most people’s idea of a good time, but it’s an accepted part of the routine checkup. We’ve long considered body weight to be one important factor in overall health, and doctors regularly use it to calculate patients’ body mass in...
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BMI or BRI: Time for a New Acronym?
By John Swartzberg, MD, Chair, Wellness Letter Editorial Board
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