A new definition of obesity could nearly double the prevalence of U.S. adults with the condition, a new study published ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Weight loss for adults with obesity receiving retatrutide is heterogenous and varies based on demographics.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increasing BMI in young adult men is strongly associated with early atrial fibrillation as well as later worse ...

The internationally recognized body-mass index (BMI) cut-off point for obesity may not be appropriate for middle-aged and older men and women (aged 40-80 years), according to research being presented ...

A new wave of research has raised the bar on how we understand and classify obesity in the United States. Until now, many clinicians and public-health authorities have relied on body mass index (BMI) ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year’s ...

Adolescents with underweight BMI demonstrated higher risk for osteoporosis in adulthood, especially those who remained underweight into adulthood. Young-age body mass index (BMI) and its trajectory ...

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.

Boys with a large increase in body mass index (BMI) during puberty are at increased risk of death due to cardiovascular disease later in life. There is no corresponding risk among boys overweight when ...