Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Postmenopausal women with normal BMI may improve CVD risk by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This includes ...

For decades, BMI (body mass index) has been the go-to number doctors use to decide whether someone is underweight, "normal," overweight or obese. But new global research suggests it's possible to have ...

What is a healthy weight? A definitive answer to this seemingly innocent question continues to evade the medical community. In 1832, Belgian statistician Adolphe Quetelet introduced the concept of ...

CHICAGO -- The traditional body mass index (BMI) measure may have misclassified millions of Americans as not having obesity, according to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New evidence suggests older adults with a healthy weight but high percentage of body fat are at increased risk of heart-related diseases and death. Looking at data on 1,528 ...

Previous research has shown the health effects of obesity, including the decline in lung function. New research highlights obesity is a risk factor for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Over the years, body mass index (BMI) has been both hailed and excoriated as a measure of health. Because research ties obesity to negative health outcomes, including heart disease and cancer, BMI has ...

In both women and men, higher body mass index (BMI) in the preconception period is associated with lower fecundability and subfertility. In women, overweight and obesity are associated with higher ...

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 ...