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Your Body Mass Index—BMI—Doesn’t Work: Here’s Why

Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @DrRichardMaurer Why does your doctor, and most medical offices, use the body mass index (BMI) to assess your weight and health? Every workplace wellness program uses it, every federal health initiative relies upon it—but it doesn’t work. BMI is a calculation of your weight (downward gravitational pull or your mass on […]

Fitness and Exercise, Maurer

Fitness in Your 40’s Marks Cancer Risk!

Dr. Richard Maurer, ND @DrRichardMaurer The fitter you are, the less heart disease risk you have—that is a well-publicized truth. But this new study solidly expands upon prior research and confirms fitness as a marker of cancer risk.1 Researchers used data collected on nearly 14,000 men and, after measuring their level of “fitness” (in just

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