New research presented at the Congress on Obesity reveals significant differences in body composition among people with ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a key way to assess weight status and determine if someone has a normal weight, overweight, or ...

Body mass index (BMI) is key method for measuring a person's weight status, and defining if they have normal weight, ...

Adolescent BMI amplifies genetic risk for high blood pressure, with sex-specific differences in how BMI modifies SBP ...

A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of ...

Is BMI a misleading tool for measuring obesity? However, longitudinal studies will be necessary to confirm these observations and refine the tools for measuring obesity across the ages.

In the case of breast cancer, women with a higher BMI do have higher rates of recurrence compared to women in the "normal" ...

However, a new study has found that BMI has its challenges as being the sole measure of obesity. The study to be presented at ...

The latest study also shows that men’s total body fat increases compared to lean muscle mass as they age - but women appear ...

A total of 2,844 adults of both sex and a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 kg/m² and above referred to the Division of Clinical Nutrition at the Department of Biomedicine and Prevention at the ...

People with obesity with similar body mass index (BMI) measurements have differences in muscle and fat based on their age groups. This could mean that BMI isn’t the best tool for older adults, new ...