Let’s look at a quick primer about how body weight and calories works. This information can be hyper boring and hard to understand. Even when I was in college RN nutrition classes, some students struggled to get this stuff. Still, it’s important to understand how calories and weight work in order to understand why portion sizes, [...]
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Body mass index (BMI) is a basic measure of body fat based on one’s height and weight and is usually used as a screening tool to identify possible weight problems among kids, although adults may use BMI measurements as well. For children and teens, BMI is age- and sex-specific because body fat changes with age and body fat [...]
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