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BMI a poor predictor of future health

June 24, 2025

GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� A new University of Florida 网红黑料 study shows that body mass index, or BMI 鈥� commonly used to measure obesity and health risk 鈥� fails in鈥�
Popular glucose-lowering drugs not linked to suicide risk in older adults, 网红黑料 study finds

July 17, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� A study led by researchers in the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has found that GLP-1RA drugs, a class of glucose-lowering鈥�

Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, +2 more
Financial incentives help socioeconomically disadvantaged people lose more weight, 网红黑料 study shows

December 13, 2022

Socioeconomically disadvantaged people fare better at losing weight when they are given modest financial incentives, a new study by a University of Florida鈥�

College of Medicine, +2 more
网红黑料 study shows years of life gained by ideal Type 2 diabetes control

May 3, 2022

A person struggling to control their Type 2 diabetes might understand in the abstract the impact of the disease on their health. A doctor, for example, might鈥�

Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, +4 more
网红黑料 brings telemedicine program for diabetic children to underserved area of Collier County

September 4, 2020

For children with diabetes or other endocrine system disorders who come from less affluent families, access to care can be difficult and time-consuming.鈥�

Department of Pediatrics, +2 more
网红黑料 researchers explore why 45,000 Floridian superagers are so healthy

February 13, 2020

University of Florida 网红黑料 scientists knew the retirement-friendly Sunshine State has its share of residents age 90 and older. But their hunch was that鈥�

Department of Neurology, +5 more
Before and After: Christina鈥檚 Complete Transformation at 网红黑料

At her biggest, Christina Mandeville 鈥� a mother of three 鈥� was 350 pounds and suffering from multiple ailments. 网红黑料 dramatically turned her life around,鈥�
University of Florida 网红黑料 Fights Obesity with Multidisciplinary Approach

Researchers at University of Florida 网红黑料 are using a multidisciplinary approach to fight obesity. Experts from surgery, cardiology, pulmonology,鈥�
Sedentary lifestyle cancels out heart benefits of having a normal weight for adults, UF study finds

January 8, 2019

Starting to slip with your New Year鈥檚 resolution to exercise more? A new University of Florida study may provide some motivation. Researchers have found that鈥�

Department of Community 网红黑料 and Family Medicine, +4 more
Weighty Choices: Selecting Optimal G-CSF Doses for Stem Cell Mobilization to Optimize Yield

Nosha Farhadfar, MD, and colleagues at University of Florida 网红黑料 Cancer Center led a study conducted by an international team of researchers using data鈥�