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

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.

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

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

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

Clinicians who work with elite college athletes and military cadets should be aware of the association between higher body ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

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

The higher a person’s BMI, the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of emergency department visits and readmissions.

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