Children on the path to obesity can be detected as early as age 3.5 years, according to a study published online.

Take athletes for example. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has made headlines in the past for being technically obese by BMI standards at 6 feet, 5 inches and around 265 pounds, despite the fact that he ...

Preschoolers who don’t undergo natural weight loss might have an increased risk of childhood obesity Kids normally have their body-mass index decline between 1 and 6 years of age About 10% have ...

Excess fat mass estimated by waist-circumference-to-height ratio predicts the risk of liver damage better than body mass ...

A growing body of research says the Body Mass Index (BMI) method is outdated. Here’s why waist-to-height ratio is gaining ...

BMI and WC were differentially associated with microvascular and macrovascular complications among patients with type 2 diabetes.

Objectives To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) categories and the fragility fractures in Thai men and to ...

Most kids tend to see their body-mass index (BMI) decline between ages 1 and 6, before starting to slowly gain weight as they grow, researchers reported recently in JAMA Network Open. (BMI is an ...