A large proportion of the population has abdominal obesity despite a normal BMI, and these individuals are at increased cardiometabolic risk, two new studies found. “Individuals with normal BMI but ...

A new study on the impact of excess weight around the midsection — aka abdominal obesity — raises questions about causes, harms, and fixes. A large new study found that about 1 in 5 adults worldwide ...

Q: The correlation between BMI and excess body fat seems to be flawed, especially in men. What’s your view? A: Your body mass ...

A new study published in the journal of Diabetes Care showed that the chance of developing higher cardiometabolic (CKM) stages in midlife is increased when a person's BMI changes from normal ...

Overweight patients showed worse progression-free and overall survival rates compared to normal weight and obese patients, indicating a U-shaped relationship between BMI and CAR T-cell therapy ...

Last year, my wife started training for the New York City marathon. I couldn’t exactly be ordering in Taco Bell while she was eating clean and running double-digit miles everyday, so I set out to make ...

To date most research on obesity has focused on studying those with a high body mass index (BMI), but a research group in China is taking a different approach. In a study published July 14 in the ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from ...

This study shows that a blood-based metabolomic signature linked to maternal BMI predicts gestational diabetes and ...