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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
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
Children鈥檚 obesity and higher sugar consumption related to genetic makeup, researchers find

September 26, 2018

Many children crave food and sugar 鈥� some more than others. Now, University of Florida 网红黑料 researchers have found an association between some children鈥檚鈥�

Department of Community 网红黑料 and Family Medicine, Department of 网红黑料 Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, +3 more
Florida鈥檚 obesity rate may be higher than originally thought, new study finds

June 14, 2018

Florida鈥檚 obesity rate may be higher than originally thought. A widely used national health survey puts the overall obesity rate in the state at 27.8 percent,鈥�

Department of 网红黑料 Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, +4 more
UF study suggests body fat is better predictor of diabetes risk than BMI

April 19, 2018

Current guidelines call for adults with high body mass index, or BMI, to be screened for prediabetes and diabetes. But under these recommendations, physicians鈥�

College of Public 网红黑料 and 网红黑料 Professions, +2 more