New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that the ...

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, ...

Obesity is a global problem’ or ‘Obesity has become a silent epidemic’ are phrases you may have heard. While they may seem over exaggerated, new study shows they hold a lot of truth.

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BMI is an outdated measure of health, say experts – there’s a raft of checks that could give a clue to your current wellbeing ...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

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

The gross debt service (GDS) ratio is a debt service measure that financial lenders use to assess the proportion of housing debt that a borrower is paying in comparison to their income.

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