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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�
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�

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The Time Is Now: Mary鈥檚 One Shot to Better 网红黑料

Authors: Maggie Dungey and Madelyne Egan Obesity is a complex disease and one that many people struggle with. More than one-third of adults in the United鈥�
Got GERD? Six GERD Signs You Shouldn鈥檛 Ignore

Eittel E. Oppenheimer, MD, a board-certified gastrointestinal surgeon in the University of Florida Department of Surgery, provides an expert鈥檚 perspective on鈥�
Unvaccinated, expectant mother nearly dies of COVID-19, becomes vaccine champion

November 9, 2021

Friends and family gathered at Amy Westman鈥檚 July 24 baby shower. Gifts and balloons and bursts of blue brightened the room. Blue cupcakes. Blue bows and鈥�

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Race of a lifetime: 74-year-old undergoes heart surgery at 网红黑料, then enters 5K race

February 20, 2019

Judy Jones was a little nervous telling her University of Florida 网红黑料 surgeon about her ambitious goal. She underwent open heart surgery for a faulty heart鈥�

Department of Surgery, +4 more
The Search Continues for a Noninvasive Test for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis that Works in the Real World

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, is a serious progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Percutaneous liver biopsy is currently the gold standard鈥�
Flipping the Metabolic Switch to Fight Obesity

Calorie restriction without malnutrition has been shown to impart a number of health benefits in addition to weight loss in overweight adults. However, many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�

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Coming Clean

Kimberly Willoughby never felt good enough. Too short. Too overweight. She believed that everyone else deserved a good life, but not her. It鈥檚 taken her many鈥�