Body Mass Index can help clinicians diagnose obesity and signs of health conditions ranging from anorexia to diabetes to coronavirus. However, the body metric needs details about your age, height, ...

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Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity. Use of BMI to diagnose obesity ...

September 16, 2009 — Waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR) may be a better predictor of all-cause mortality in older adults vs body mass index (BMI), according to the results of a study reported in ...

Among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) older than 65 years, a body mass index (BMI) in the moderate overweight category (26-28) appears to offer better protection from cardiovascular death than does ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers estimated the amount adults with overweight or obesity spend on healthcare if they have Medicare or insurance sponsored by their employers ...

For many years now, overweight trends among children have been going up, and it's also a problem among older teenagers. New research looked at teens' increased risk of developing high blood pressure.