New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and body fat provides key insights into strength and longevity that the scale ...

A 40-year study published in Pregnancy has revealed that elevated glucose levels in the third trimester of insulin-dependent ...

Stratifying body mass index categories by waist circumference thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in postmenopausal women.

While a healthy lifestyle naturally has important benefits, yet seeking weight loss alone might not give an adequate picture ...

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A recent study finds that much of the cardiovascular disease seen in severely overweight people is driven by more than diabetes and high blood pressure.

Adults with obesity were more likely to achieve a 10% or greater weight loss at 1 year if they continued using their ...

HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...

• Future studies should report their results by age, gender, race/ethnicity; include the full data; include adverse events and other outcomes; control for both diet and physical activity in their ...

• Obesity in general will result in a person requiring a breathing tube. • The higher one's BMI gets, the higher the chance that a person will suffer from severe COVID-19 disease. What is obesity?

Losing weight isn’t always winning at health, say experts challenging the long-standing obsession with BMI and dieting. New ...

For years, people living with obesity have been given the same basic advice: eat less, move more. But while this mantra may ...