A higher body mass index (BMI) appears to be causally related to a greater risk for vascular-related dementia.

Having a high body mass index (BMI) as a young child may not reflect a lifelong risk of obesity, researchers suggest.A study by experts in Australia found the genetic factors that influence the size ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Each 1 standard deviation increase in BMI raised vascular-related dementia odds by 63%. Both systolic and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BMI should not be used to rule out liver transplantation, according to a speaker. However, people with obesity ...

Higher BMI measured after MASLD diagnosis is paradoxically associated with better survival, but a high BMI before diagnosis or in early adulthood is linked to worse survival.

Habitual plate clearing — the tendency to finish all food served on one’s plate — is generally not related to a higher body ...

At your last physical, your doctor may have recorded your body mass index (BMI). That statistic has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. While it's still helpful, the truth ...

—A recent study provides genetic evidence linking a higher body mass index (BMI) to an increased risk of primary biliary cholangitis and autoimmune hepatitis but a decreased risk of primary sclerosing ...

Increased BMI may not predict perioperative 30-day mortality in elderly surgical patients as previously thought, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia. The study’s authors ...

The global burden of ovarian and uterine cancer due to high BMI has increased significantly from 1990 to 2021. Age-standardized rates for uterine cancer rose post-2007, while ovarian cancer showed ...

High BMI is a significant modifiable risk factor for ovarian and uterine cancers, with disparities across sociodemographic index levels. The Global Burden of Diseases Study 2021 analyzed trends in ...