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 recent years, mobile applications designed to monitor health-related behaviors have gained popularity, with several ...

Thigh intramuscular fat infiltration (IMFI) may significantly increase the risk of developing knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA), regardless of sex or body weight, according to findings from a ...

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 ...

Researchers consider the weight-adjusted waist index a more precise predictor of mortality risk in patients with ...

A new analysis links higher triglyceride-glucose (TyG) and TyG–body mass index (TyG-BMI) levels to increased colorectal ...

Waist circumference is a stronger predictor of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI in men, but not in women, due to ...

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