People of normal weight may also be at risk of diabetes and similar diseases. A study from the University of Gothenburg reveals that those with an unexpectedly high so-called metabolic BMI have up to ...

For decades, BMI (body mass index) has been the go-to number doctors use to decide whether someone is underweight, "normal," overweight or obese. But new global research suggests it's possible to have ...

Body mass index (BMI) is not a complete measure of metabolic health, and a high proportion of U.S. adults with normal BMI still have obesity. Body mass index (BMI) is not a complete measure of ...

Some doctors involved in treating obesity believe that body mass index (BMI) isn't good enough to treat obesity and improve quality of life. That is, some people who have normal BMI values might also ...

While there is solid evidence that adolescent overweight and obesity are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke, less is known about the association between body mass index (BMI) and ...

Menopause shifts body composition towards lower lean mass and higher central fat, with changes being most pronounced in women ...

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 ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has been a staple in health assessments for decades, serving as a simple way to measure body composition and estimate health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this ...

Individuals who transitioned from normal BMI in childhood to high BMI in adulthood had an increased risk of higher cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome stages, as well as cardiac, renal, and ...

Researchers found that overweight individuals, as well as some obese individuals, were no more likely to die than individuals in the upper end of the "normal" BMI range. Reading time 3 minutes If ...

CHICAGO—Body mass index (BMI) is not a complete measure of metabolic health, and a high proportion of U.S. adults with normal BMI still have obesity, according to research being presented Friday at ...