Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is often an indicator to diagnose obesity. Combating obesity is paramount to overall health. According to The National Health Institute, 1 in 3 adults are considered ...

The following is a summary of "Association of waist circumference with long-term all-cause mortality and cardiac death in ...

The researchers called for further study to understand the mechanism of the relationship between obesity and ICI outcomes.

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% ...

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

What is our current understanding of how differences in sex can affect obesity prevalence, comorbidities, and treatment ...

When a patient with obesity reports a new symptom, many physicians are quick to focus on the excess weight without exploring alternative reasons. Wrong approach, experts said.

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

Risk factors contributing to LBP worldwide have shifted between 1990 and 2021, with high BMI increasingly impacting years lived with disability due to LBP.

Background: Obesity is a complex, chronic, stigmatized disease whereby abnormal or excess body fat may impair health or increase the risk of medical complications, and can reduce quality of life and ...

EDMONTON, Alberta, April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare providers and families have ... year-olds and 33% of 12- to 17-year-olds have an elevated BMI that may indicate overweight or obesity.

Study finds a 50% rise in overweight and obesity among adolescents in England, increasing from 22% in 2008–2010 to 33% in ...