Prenatal and early-life factors significantly influence childhood obesity trajectories, highlighting the need for early ...

The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

A recent study reveals a significant link between high BMI and increased breast cancer risk, particularly in postmenopausal ...

A WHO-backed study reveals that overweight postmenopausal women with heart disease face a 31 per cent higher breast cancer ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...