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Why are Japanese Sumo Wrestlers Called 'Healthy Obese'? - The Surprising Answer!
Due to their strict training and diet, Japanese Sumo wrestlers only accumulate subcutaneous fat, not visceral fat.
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Health
Is the BMI index 'outdated'?
Body mass index (BMI) has long been used as a medical screening tool.
Space science
Why did a European spacecraft suddenly confirm the obvious: Earth is indeed inhabited?
The existence of life on Earth – this obvious fact is being confirmed by European scientists. Why is that?
Health
BMI and fat ratio: Only one of these two indicators is really important
Both BMI and body fat percentage are used to measure whether your body is healthy or not.
Health
Vietnam is currently leading a 'sad category' of health in Southeast Asia
According to the latest report from Fitch Solutions Macro Research, the growth rate in this category in Vietnam is the fastest in Southeast Asia today.
Health
Health domino effect: An anti-push can now change your lifespan
Only 4 normal numbers will tell you that you will live and stay healthy in the next few minutes. But if you want to know if you will be healthy after 5 years or 10 years…
Health
Is the stomach shrink surgery for weight loss really safe?
After surgery, patients lost an average of about 15kg from the second month after surgery.
Health
The paradox: Rural people are more obese than urban people
In parallel with today's urbanization, overweight and obesity is increasing. Even many scientists think that obesity is like an epidemic, because of it
Health
Three misunderstandings people often get when eating vegetables
Many people drink juice to replace green vegetables; Many diabetics do not dare to eat sweet fruit. Is this true?
Animal world
7 snakes look scary ... but harmless to humans
Snakes are reptiles, cold-blooded, and in the same class as scaly animals like lizards and geckos, but they have teeth because people often think that snakes are very to…
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All humans weighing how many kg?
If the whole humanity stands on the scale, the total weight will be 316 million tons, a study said. Overweight people around the world weigh more than 16 million tons, e…
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Which country is 'heaviest' in the world?
According to Live Science, based on data collected around the world for 2005, researchers used body mass index (also known as BMI) and classified. height to estimate the…
Space science
Astronomers have just discovered the first ribbon around a star
A telescope has just captured an image of a ribbon around a young star - this can change our whole understanding of how a star forms.
Space science
Nursery star glowing
An image of the APEX telescope reveals how an ionized gas bubble causes surrounding materials to turn into dense blocks, thereby forming new stars.
Animal world
The beauty of Vietnamese snakes
In Vietnam only about 30 species have deadly venom that lives on land and 22 species of sea snakes.