For instance, African Americans often have higher bone density and muscle mass compared to other populations. This means that, for the same BMI, African Americans may have a lower body fat ...

You’ll find it at the doctor’s office, at the gym, and in online calculators: the body mass index, or BMI, has been ever-present since its introduction in the 1970s.But this metric of a ...

Despite lower cholesterol levels than other racial groups, African Americans are more likely to die from heart disease. Socioeconomics, lifestyle, and racism in medicine play a role. Learn more.

A high BMI could mean that they have too much body fat," Brull says, though she notes that "every body is different and BMI isn’t one-size-fits-all." In case you didn't see: Travis Kelce, Jake ...

Among Black Americans, “BMI tends to overestimate Black people as being overweight when, in actuality, their BMI is high because of muscle mass and not increased body fat associated with obesity ...

Thus, BMI will overestimate their body fat, and isn't accurate. BMI also fails to accurately assess health in Asian people, but in the opposite direction of African Americans.

Stevie Wonder’s desire for African citizenship took root during his tour of the continent in the 1970s. He has always been a champion for African issues. He wrote a song, It’s Wrong (Apartheid ...

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A growing chorus of politicians, academics and celebrities are suggesting that African-Americans should choose between celebrating Juneteenth and July 4th. They don't.

African Americans' ancestors were torn from their homes, their families, their languages, their freedom. "If you don't know these things, you can't know who you are.