It's common knowledge that obesity is a global epidemic, particularly in industrialized countries, and that it is a major ...

Recent research found that BMI is not a good predictor of mortality, adding to a growing body of evidence against the health ...

Women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a substantially higher adiposity-associated risk for breast cancer, according to a study.

Thyroid cancer burden attributable to high BMI was increasing between 1990 and 2021 in the US, especially among men and older ...

Adolescents with PCOS demonstrated comparable weight loss to their reproductively normal peers after undergoing bariatric ...

Women who developed a cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes were at a higher risk of developing breast cancer post ...

Ilona Maher, 28, made a video praising how good it feels to be strong, telling her fans they’ve got to try it. The Olympic rugby star flexed her muscles as followers praised her continued messages of ...

Did the COVID-19 pandemic affect obesity rates in Canada? A new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found ...

Northwestern Medicine has launched a program to help patients who have concerns related to obesity and are planning a ...

Using a 2024 obesity framework, 18.8 percent of the adults previously been categorized as “overweight” now fit under the ...

An oral melanocortin-4 receptor agonist conferred significant BMI reductions among adolescents and adults with hypothalamic ...

BMI calculator and BMI machine are both widely used tools for assessing health status by determining an individual's Body Mass Index (BMI), a metric that relates weight to height. While both aim to ...