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 ...

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

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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 itself is not a contraindication to radical prostatectomy, but it remains a risk factor for poor overall survival. Although obesity increases the technical complexity of radical ...

To improve access to care, many professional organizations have advocated for classifying obesity as a disease. However, the ...

Understanding the link between obesity, fatty liver disease and kidney stones provides a new perspective on prevention and ...

Obesity was significantly more prevalent in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents compared with their non-Hispanic White peers and was potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a study ...

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.