However, people with a BMI of 40 or higher can be given an obesity diagnosis based on that calculation alone, the researchers said. Body fat also plays a role, with the researchers noting that a ...

"My doctor labelled me as 'overweight' and borderline 'obese.' The doctor barely looked at me before making that assessment," ...

Research lead Dr Alicja Cicha-Mikolajczyk told press this week that a man's risk of being 'overweight' is 62 per cent higher ...

In patients with acute heart failure, it is unclear how body mass index affects clinical outcomes following acute myocardial infarction.

Greater body mass index from early adulthood to midlife is associated with better midlife cognition, particularly among US men and Black adults.

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission asserted in a paper published this week that “current BMI-based measures of ... Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S. adults were ...

Researchers found that higher maternal BMI in early pregnancy and before delivery were associated with an increased risk of ALL in female offspring, but there were no such associations for male ...

Longitudinal Perspective: This study spans over 40 years of follow-up, making it one of the few research efforts to examine how BMI throughout life correlates with cognitive performance in midlife.

Unsurprisingly, obese individuals (BMI 30-34.9 kg/m 2) had the highest prevalence of EVAF (88%) in the study, followed by class II obese PWH (BMI 35-40 kg/m 2; 69%). However, EVAF was still present in ...