Body mass index is a measure that provides insight into body fat by comparing an individual's height and weight. This ...

When it comes to assessing weight and health, both BMI and height weight charts have their advantages. BMI is convenient and ...

Across ages 3 to 9 years, children in a responsive parenting group had a lower mean BMI than those in a control group. Early ...

An early-life responsive parenting intervention resulted in lower body mass index from age 3 to 9 compared with a control intervention. This group difference was driven by effects on female ...

Higher SDI regions had higher burden of osteoarthritis; high body mass index influences osteoarthritis burden, especially in higher SDI countries.

The obesity diagnosis has always been controversial. Now, a new clinical definition is raising even more questions.

"My doctor labelled me as 'overweight' and borderline 'obese.' The doctor barely looked at me before making that assessment," ...

De-escalating dual antiplatelet therapy from from aspirin plus ticagrelor to aspirin plus clopidogrel after primary ...

Screening offers the best way to prevent colorectal cancer. However, things you could or should do every day can help reduce ...

With increasing urbanisation, changing dietary habits, and rising stress levels, India must adopt a holistic approach to prevent and manage obesity.

Nearly 40% of consumers classified as overweight or obese under traditional body mass index (BMI) definitions would no longer carry that diagnosis under newly proposed criteria recently published ...

The aim of this analysis was to explore the relation of body mass index (BMI) to asthma and atopy in a large representative sample of the United States population. METHODS Children aged 4–17 years ...