High ultraprocessed food consumption during early childhood is associated with obesity development, primarily in males.

Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding ...

One of the inadequacies of using body mass index (BMI) as a predictive factor is that “current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate” a persons ...

A positive response to treatment for pediatric obesity has enduring health benefits into young adulthood, according to a study.

Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse it, a study finds.

While body mass index (BMI) is often used to estimate body fat, it’s not always an accurate method of doing so. Some ...