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.

New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

The researchers calculated fat stored in muscles through the ratio of intermuscular fat to total muscle plus fat, and termed ...

Combining time-restricted eating with exercise may be more effective in prompting weight loss than exercise without ...

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.

An international committee of experts has urged doctors to move away from relying on BMI in diagnosing obesity.

The new definition proposed by the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission, a group of 58 leading experts from various ...

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...

If you’re short on time, Stoner recommends the three-minute step test as another alternative that offers a score of aerobic ...

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with BMI (body mass index) as a measure alone being too simplistic.