Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

Combining time-restricted eating with exercise may be more effective in prompting weight loss than exercise without ...

Recent research indicates that weight gain may not negatively impact happiness. A study with over 8,800 participants found ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

Wegovy is a GLP-1 agonist containing semaglutide, the same active ingredient as Ozempic. While both medications share this ...

Water control and measure company Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) reported Q4 CY2024 results , with sales up 12.5% year on year to $205.2 million. Its GAAP profit of $1.04 per share was 3.7% above analysts’ ...

In Australia, for example, ‘Bariatric surgeries in the public sector are publicly funded’, and to qualify, a patient must ...

In the U.S., 1 in 3 adults is at risk for a newly recognized syndrome that comes from a combination of heart disease, kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and excess body weight. This cluster of conditions ...

Ozempic and Wegovy do the same thing as GLP-1 would normally do for you — but to enable them to treat diabetes and obesity, ...