However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important variables such as body composition, muscle mass, and bone density. These ...

For each of the 92 metrics, raw values for each county ... average of category scores as weighted in collaboration with population health and well-being experts. The final rankings of the 500 ...

Since 1990, the overweight and obese population increased by more than ... a professor with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington said a coordinated ...