Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

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Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37, with ...

“The original scale put obesity at a BMI stopping at 37 for children,” Registered Dietitian Lauren Kotrys says. The new chart now covers up to a BMI of 60 for children.

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.

Once-monthly maridebart cafraglutide resulted to significant weight loss at 1 year among adults with obesity, regardless of ...

The risk for incident gout was analyzed in 131,000 patients with overweight or obesity (mean age, 45 years; 77.3% women; mean BMI, 37.2) who did not have gout before initiating orlistat.

Exploratory analyses categorized participants based on weight loss or gain. Women who lost weight (39.6%) had a higher ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in health care and public health to categorize body size and estimate potential ...