Dr Shashank R. Joshi explains India’s hidden obesity crisis, where slim-looking individuals carry dangerous visceral fat that increases diabetes and metabolic risks.

Higher body mass index (BMI) after diagnosis is linked to better survival outcomes in patients with localized renal cell ...

For years, people have assumed that as long as their fasting glucose levels, post-meal levels, and HbA1c look normal, they ...

Researchers examined the association between BMI trajectory and outcomes in RCC, finding worse OS in patients who lost weight after diagnosis.

Lead author Dr. Thiago Bosco Mendes from the University of Pittsburgh explained, “When we considered traditional risk factors ...

A large study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas shows that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a stronger and ...

While this coincides with an uptick in GLP-1 drug use, some experts told Newsweek they don't think they are having a major ...

A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

The prevalence of body mass index (BMI)-defined obesity (BDO) among US youth aged 8 to 19 years closely mirrored that of BDO with excess adiposity across age, sex, and race and ethnicity, according to ...

The ratio of a person's waist measurement compared to their height is more reliable than body mass index (BMI) at predicting ...

Obesity knows no bounds, according to a new study that suggests it’s possible to have a normal body mass index, look thin in clothes, and still meet the medical definition. BMI has for decades been ...

1 University of Florida Department of Health Services Research Management & Policy, Gainesville, United States 2 University of Florida Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, Gainesville, ...