BMI is widely used as a marker of health, but it turns out that it's not all that accurate -- especially for people of color.
A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...
As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.
Body Mass Index cannot differentiate between muscle mass, fat and bone density. Doctors suggest other markers and scans to ...
Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding diagnosis of dementia.
A new study suggests that people who develop dementia tend to have lower body weight and smaller waist sizes years before ...
Being obese at the time of MGUS diagnosis was associated with a 27% increase in the risk of progression to MM.
This small but meaningful change seen in California may add up to a generational impact on consumption, but only time will ...
Obesity has a brand new definition now. This new description of the lifestyle disease—which goes beyond the currently accepted BMI (body-mass index) norms— has been proposed in a new report published ...
HealthDay News — Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), age, body mass index (BMI), and male sex are all associated with development of diabetes, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in JAMA Network ...
A recent study published in the BMC Pulmonary Medicine revealed a significant association between the triglyceride-glucose ...
Researchers found that higher maternal BMI in early pregnancy and before delivery were associated with an increased risk of ALL in female offspring, but there were no such associations for male ...