When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a ...

The mBCA Alpha scanner is an alternative to screenings that rely on weight and body mass index to understand the risk of ...

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with ...

China: A recent study published in Cardiovascular Diabetology has highlighted a significant association between elevated triglyceride glucose-body mass index (TyG-BMI) and an increased risk ...

Researchers found that the impact of polyphenols rutin and genistein on the human fecal metabolome varies significantly by ...

Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to calculate whether someone is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight or obese. But because BMI calculations can't tell the difference between body ...

An analysis of over 30 years of follow-up among 105,015 participants shows that not all diets are created equal when it comes ...

Use of antibiotics between birth and 2 years of age was associated with a 20% increased risk for childhood obesity.

or those with a body mass index, or BMI, of more than 60 kg/m 2, increased by 210%. In a recently published research letter in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, researchers from Pennington ...