Among the 2,225 adults in the study, all under 60 years of age, 39.7% had obesity as defined only by higher BMI, while 39.1% ...

Nearly all U.S. adults with obesity as diagnosed by BMI also have an elevated waist circumference or excess body fat, ...

TyG index, specifically the TyG-WWI index, was associated with risk of mortality among individuals with MASLD with prediabetes or diabetes.

BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of checks that could give a clue to your current wellbeing ...

Delivering the V. Ramalingaswamy Memorial Lecture on World Health Day at Bhaskara Auditorium, Birla Science Centre, Dr Reddy ...

Study finds that BMI does not measure the true evolution of the body ... assessment of obesity and suggest the use of more accurate indicators, such as waist-to-height ratio or muscle strength tests. ...

Since April 2020, you've no longer been able to deduct any of your mortgage expenses from your rental income to reduce your tax bill. Instead, you now receive a tax-credit, based on 20% of your ...

as well as waist-to-hip ratio were not significantly associated with CVD hazard in the studied sample (HR 2.60, 95% CI 0.32 to 21.19). Moreover, as expected, SMI values were inversely associated with ...

To prevent muscle loss, more physicians are emphasizing the importance of fat loss vs weight loss for patients taking GLP-1 agonists.

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

Recent researches indicate that Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) differs in patients with PCOS accompanied ... of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), entail significant operational and measurement demands, ...