Researchers identify a significant association between sugar-sweetened beverage tax and BMI changes among adults living in ...

Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...

Initial fasting plasma glucose levels outside of 80 to 94 mg/dL were linked to an increased risk for diabetes.

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New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...