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Calculate Your BMI or Body Mass Index in 5 Questions

lder adults. - athletes and highly muscular individuals. 2- Why calculate your BMI? We generally have a subjective and mistaken perception of our own body weight. Influenced by fashion photography, many women consider themselves too fat. Conversely, overweight or obese individuals may underestimate ...

28
Apr
2015

Nutrition: 5 common misconceptions about undernutrition

meet his needs. The patient loses weight, muscles and strength. Doctors consider an adult to be undernourished if they lose more than 5% of their body weight in 1 month or more than 10% of their body weight in 6 months. Doctors also use the body mass index or BMI to determine whether a person ...

16
Nov
2021

Gym session at the beach: 5 easy exercises

compact and therefore more stable. Anchor both feet in the ground first and feel your weight distributed equally between your two feet. Carry your body weight on your right leg and bend your left leg to come and place your left foot on the inside of your right ankle or knee. Keep your gaze fix ...

29
July
2022

Car, train or plane: how to avoid back pain when traveling?

r example, to wait your turn in the bathroom, take the opportunity to contract your calves! Get up on your toes for a few seconds and then carry your body weight on your heels. Adopt a good posture The second must-have tip for avoiding back pain while traveling is to adopt good posture from the ...

11
Aug
2022

Cancer: what are the dangers of carrageenan?

ng as it does not exceed a concentration of 5%. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has set an acceptable daily intake of 75 mg per kilogram of body weight. In a reassessment report from 2018, the EFSA expressed concerns about not having a means to determine the content of degraded carrageena ...

07
Aug
2023

The French Gut: a project to map the microbiota of the French.

teria that inhabit it. Our intestines house a vast ecosystem composed of 50 trillion bacteria. This microbiota, which represents one kilogram of our body weight, is unique to each person and its composition varies greatly from individual to individual. With this research project launched on Septem ...

18
Aug
2023