The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

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Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Initial fasting plasma glucose levels outside of 80 to 94 mg/dL were linked to an increased risk for diabetes.

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Heart disease remains the top killer of Americans as risk factors continue to grow. Get the latest statistics from the ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...