WHILE curvy or voluptuous are seen as compliments, no woman EVER wants to be described as “round”. But scientists now suggest ...

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What we define as “overweight” (a BMI between 25-30) has a lower risk of overall mortality, compared to a “normal weight” (a BMI between 18.5-24.9). The risk is even less risk compared to ...

Rates of obesity, as estimated based on BMI, are rising in developed countries ... His team reviewed 20 studies covering ...

Conflicting data aside, contraception experts agree that ulipristal acetate, or ella, is a more effective option for people ...

Body mass index (BMI), a simple calculation based on a person’s weight and height, may hold clues about the early stages of ...

Lowering BMI alone may reduce the risk of various obesity-related diseases, but other factors might also play a role. A new ...

Postpartum diabetes risk was elevated among women with a history of gestational diabetes and a high-stable or inverse U-shaped BMI trajectory.

New study from /Amgen highlights the importance of BMI in pathogenesis of disease, suggesting that reducing BMI alone could lower the risk of several diseases.

Oh Sang-woo, a family medicine professor at Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, recommended raising Korea's obesity threshold to a BMI of 27, noting that the current classification may not ...

The factors they looked at were the body mass index (BMI), which is a person's weight relative to their height, the patients' age, gender, their disability score at the time of hospitalization ...