Q: The correlation between BMI and excess body fat seems to be flawed, especially in men. What’s your view? A: Your body mass ...

For decades, health experts have relied on body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height, to classify people as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. But sometimes, you need more than ...

A new study on the impact of excess weight around the midsection — aka abdominal obesity — raises questions about causes, harms, and fixes. A large new study found that about 1 in 5 adults worldwide ...

A large proportion of the population has abdominal obesity despite a normal BMI, and these individuals are at increased cardiometabolic risk, two new studies found. “Individuals with normal BMI but ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Postmenopausal women with normal BMI may improve CVD risk by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This includes ...

Last year, my wife started training for the New York City marathon. I couldn’t exactly be ordering in Taco Bell while she was eating clean and running double-digit miles everyday, so I set out to make ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from ...

A new study published in the journal of Diabetes Care showed that the chance of developing higher cardiometabolic (CKM) stages in midlife is increased when a person's BMI changes from normal ...

Overweight patients showed worse progression-free and overall survival rates compared to normal weight and obese patients, indicating a U-shaped relationship between BMI and CAR T-cell therapy ...

This study shows that a blood-based metabolomic signature linked to maternal BMI predicts gestational diabetes and ...