Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

Across ages 3 to 9 years, children in a responsive parenting group had a lower mean BMI than those in a control group. Early ...

A new screening intervention in the primary care setting can improve the identification and management of obesity risk in pediatric patients, according to a poster presented at the National ...

This applies to both men and women. For comparison, this would relate to a direct measure of approximately 25% body fat in men and 30% body fat in women. The situation is more complex in children, ...

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 ...

Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine the independent and additive effects of four maternal metabolic risk factors ...

Obesity prevalence increased among both adults and children across all regions of the world from 1990 to 2021, and more than ...

Because of a positive correlation between the age-appropriate BMI and the ATP-production, we strongly advise optimizing the nutritional state preceding the muscle biopsy in children with a ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air ... data to calculate growth rate of weight, BMI, and BMIZ. They then compared participants with a relatively low exposure ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.