New study calculated the effects of body mass on joint arthroplasty surgery facility costs/resource utilization.

“Patients will lose 30 to 40 percent of their excess weight and have multiple benefits from that,” says Parel. “Lowering their blood pressure, lowering their cholesterol, good effect on diabetes, ...

Walmart stores in the region will be participating in a Wellness Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

A comprehensive review found that being out of shape greatly increased the risk of dying prematurely — regardless of age or ...

Surgeons are collaborating with obesity medicine physicians, turning to GLP-1s to help high BMI patients qualify for surgery.

Criticisms about the BMI maintain that it was developed on data only from men, most of them White, and doesn’t account for racial, ethnic, age, sex and gender diversity. Even Olympic athletes can be ...

BMI has traditionally been used to measure health but can be misleading, particularly for athletes. A recent study suggests ...

A new study has found that VO2 max is a better measure of cardiovascular health than body mass index (BMI). Here's what it is ...

Arkansas was the first state to start sending letters home flagging students' Body Mass Index. Twenty years later, they do not appear to have had any effect on childhood obesity.

When Gloria Kopp got fed up with diet after diet that just didn't work, she took the advice of a friend who'd slimmed down with a commercial diet plan called the Medi-Weightloss Program.

According to Spanish scientists, people looking to shed some pounds should try and eat between 20 and 30 per cent of their ...