A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.

People with pockets of fat hidden within their muscles have a higher risk of dying from heart-related health problems, ...

However, 56-year-old Lexii Marquardt, who is considered obese based on her BMI, believes the commission's proposal to split obesity into two categories is "a great step forward". "Pre-clinical ...

The longtime reliance on BMI means that obesity is likely overdiagnosed, members of the Commission said. View on euronews ...

The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) is set to receive three new AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters next year, to ...

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Women with persistent short sleep during the peripartum period had significantly increased odds of developing metabolic syndrome.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain assisted a motorcycle rider who was involved in an accident along the ...

In 2022, a group of researchers established a ‘Commission’ to “propose a definition for clinical obesity,” replacing the BMI ...

Obesity is currently defined using a person’s body mass index, or BMI. This is calculated as weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in metres). In people of European descent, the BMI ...