Higher BMI cutoffs are needed to diagnose overweight and obesity in male athletes, researchers reported in a study published ...

Some 451 (72.5%) individuals were of normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.99 kg/m²), 148 (23.8%) individuals were with overweight (25 kg/m²-29.9 kg/m²) and 23 (3.7%) were with obesity (30 kg/m² and above).

Waist circumference is a stronger predictor of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI in men, but not in women, due to ...

This led the authors to suggest waist-circumference may be a more important measure of obesity-related cancer risk in men. However, for women, researchers found BMI and waist circumference gave ...

0.001 BMI indicates body mass index; CKD-EPI, chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IOP, intraocular ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity-related cancers in men than Body Mass Index (BMI). The research ...