Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

BMI is a measurement of a person's leanness or corpulence based on their height and weight, and is intended to quantify tissue mass. BMI is used to classify adults under the following categories – ...

As the outpatient surgery landscape rapidly expands, anesthesia practices are undergoing a pivotal transformation. Ten anesthesia leaders joined Becker’s to discuss how their roles are shifting to ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

The study found body mass index (BMI) patterns that could predict obesity, with findings published in Jama Network Open.

New Delhi: India plans to roll-out a nationwide screening programme for measuring obesity among school children officials aware of the matter said. Children will be measured for their waist-to-hip ...

This key metric will be in addition to screening school children for their Body Mass Index (BMI), as part of a plan to prevent India from becoming home to the third-highest global obese population by ...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. may be ripe in a year. At that time, setmelanotide should be approved for HO in the U.S. and ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine body mass index (BMI) and the proportion overweight and obese among adults age 18–59 in the six largest Asian American ethnic groups (Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian ...

Multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cancer, is rising sharply in India, especially among those over 60. Dr.

On National Doctors’ Day, India’s medical professionals open up—not about diseases, but about desires. From building trust to ...