Body mass index might be a more accurate measurement than commonly thought. New research shows that a vast majority of people ...

New research shows that the social and academic environments of high school can leave a lasting imprint on adult body weight.

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

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity. Use of BMI to diagnose ...

And many more (43 percent) have excess weight. Percent of Women Who Are Overweight in 2022 (By Region) Body mass index (BMI) is a measurement used to assess a person’s body weight in relation to ...

A new analysis links higher triglyceride-glucose (TyG) and TyG–body mass index (TyG-BMI) levels to increased colorectal ...

People conceived during colder months may end up with a lower body mass index and less fat around internal ... activity and heat generation in 683 healthy men and women whose parents were exposed ...

Women with inflammatory bowel disease tend to have a poor nutritional status and a higher incidence of sarcopenia compared ...

A case-control study in Iranian women found that higher adherence to a healthy plant-based diet significantly reduces breast ...

A woman diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer has told the BBC the NHS said her Body Mass Index (BMI) was too high to discuss surgery. Rosemarie Winfield, 44, from Hailsham in East Sussex ...

Elinzanetant significantly reduced VMS frequency and severity, improving sleep and quality of life in postmenopausal women compared ... with placebo across body mass index (BMI) and smoking ...