Childhood body mass index (BMI) has been associated with hospital admissions for asthma in early adulthood, with overweight BMI measures increasing the risk of admission in women and underweight BMI ...

Patients with a BMI of less than 23.1 showed 40 percent higher odds of 30-day mortality, compared to patients in the middle range (26.3-29.7) for BMI, according to research published in the Archives ...

Patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and a body mass index (BMI) above the healthy range had longer stays, were more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and had higher ...

A patient’s BMI had no significant impact on adverse outcomes after liver transplantation, according to research presented at ...

Researchers examined patients admitted with C. diff at a tertiary care center from January 2013 to June 2015. The cohort was stratified by onset of disease using the National Healthcare Safety Network ...

Share on Pinterest Research suggests that Body Mass Index (BMI) may not be an accurate indicator for predicting obesity among adults. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Researchers investigated the accuracy of ...

Kim White received breast cancer surgery in August after facing weeks of delays when her local hospital refused to operate on ...

Our body mass index is categorized into underweight, normal, overweight, and obese based on data largely from white middle-aged men—decades ago. For decades, we've used body mass index (BMI) to infer ...

Childhood body mass index (BMI) has been associated with hospital admissions for asthma in early adulthood, with overweight BMI measures increasing the risk of admission in women and underweight BMI ...