New research reveals that excess weight is linked to an especially high risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

The global prevalence of OA attributed to high BMI has steadily increased over the past 3 decades, particularly among women and in high-SDI regions.

Excess weight may increase the risk of developing breast cancer among postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease, ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Multimodal AOMs were associated with the highest preoperative weight loss among patients with high BMI undergoing bariatric surgery.

BMI has long been used as a standard measure of obesity, endorsed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and ...

A new study by World Health Organization researchers has revealed a common lifestyle factor that could be behind why breast ...

Breast cancer patients may have inferior recurrence-free survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy if they are overweight or obese at diagnosis.

The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher ...