New research reveals that one in five people with normal BMIs have hidden abdominal obesity, facing 29% higher blood pressure ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications may have an answer. It found that women have a higher genetic risk of ...

Using a new time-resolved Mendelian randomization approach in over 360,000 UK Biobank participants, Karlsson et al. revealed ...

The U.S. adult obesity rate, calculated as having a BMI of 30 or higher, has gradually declined to 37% in 2025, dropping from ...

A new study on the worldwide prevalence of ‘abdominal obesity’ tied belly fat in ‘normal’ weight people to hypertension, ...

People who appear fit but carry dangerous fat around their internal organs face the same artery damage as visibly overweight ...

Doctors are increasingly looking beyond body mass index (BMI) and waist size to better understand how fat distribution in the ...

Markers of inflammation varied by sex, age, and menopausal status, according to a biomarker analysis. Both interleukin (IL)-8 ...

A multinational team of researchers has discovered that over 20% of adults with a normal BMI range experience levels of abdominal obesity that puts them at higher risk of hypertension, diabetes, high ...

Millennials – people born between 1981 and 1995 – are the first generation at greater risk of developing tumours than their ...

Experts say neck measurements, which are quick and easy to do, could complement existing health checks and may even flag up ...

Obesity is a leading threat to public health in Latin America and the Caribbean, undermining well-being, productivity and ...