New research reveals that one in five people with normal BMIs have hidden abdominal obesity, facing 29% higher blood pressure ...

A new obesity definition, incorporating anthropometrics and organ health beyond BMI, reveals significantly higher prevalence.

BMI is a measure of body weight relative to height. The goal for most people is to have a BMI that’s over 18 and under 25.

New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their ...

A new study on the worldwide prevalence of ‘abdominal obesity’ tied belly fat in ‘normal’ weight people to hypertension, ...

Background Numerous studies have found associations between parental socio-economic position (SEP) and offspring asthma.

Having a higher BMI at diagnosis is tied to faster disability progression in people with multiple sclerosis, according to a ...

China: A long-term cohort study published in Diabetes Care has shed light on how changes in body mass index (BMI) from ...

Doctors are increasingly looking beyond body mass index (BMI) and waist size to better understand how fat distribution in the ...

A Concordia-led research team has created one of the first reference charts showing how children's adipose (fat) and muscle ...

A multinational team of researchers has discovered that over 20% of adults with a normal BMI range experience levels of abdominal obesity that puts them at higher risk of hypertension, diabetes, high ...

If you’re reading this there’s a good chance that you, like me, are a millennial. If so, you’ve probably noticed more and ...