Table 3 shows the ORs (95% CIs) of having IOP≥18 mm Hg when comparing subjects with increased BMI to subjects with normal BMI using unadjusted and adjusted models. Men with abnormal BMI compared ...

Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

On average, women tend to have higher body fat percentages than men, including at the same BMI. This is likely due to differences in body composition that prepare the female body for potential ...

In the book “Unshrinking,” philosopher Kate Manne argues that fatphobia is a form of structural oppression.

Over the past three decades, there has been a startling increase in the prevalence of obesity across the USA, at least ...

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The full blood count is the most requested haematology test. Learn about red and white cell indices and platelet count.

Blood glucose levels decreased very significantly (P = 0.000) from 2.21 ± 0.49 g/l to 1.10 ± 0.20 g/l (Friedman test: P = ...

On average, women tend to have higher body fat percentages than men, including at the same BMI. This is likely due to differences in body composition that prepare the female body for potential ...