A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

The global prevalence of OA attributed to high BMI has steadily increased over the past 3 decades, particularly among women and in high-SDI regions.

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BMI has long been used as a standard measure of obesity, endorsed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and ...

Breast cancer patients may have inferior recurrence-free survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy if they are overweight or obese at diagnosis.

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Multimodal AOMs were associated with the highest preoperative weight loss among patients with high BMI undergoing bariatric surgery.

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher ...

A new study has found a link between daytime napping and increased risk of all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older ...

Researchers from King’s College London evaluated 25 different measurements of body fat and found that those related to the ...