With increasing urbanisation, changing dietary habits, and rising stress levels, India must adopt a holistic approach to prevent and manage obesity.

Across ages 3 to 9 years, children in a responsive parenting group had a lower mean BMI than those in a control group. Early ...

"My doctor labelled me as 'overweight' and borderline 'obese.' The doctor barely looked at me before making that assessment," ...

In patients with acute heart failure, it is unclear how body mass index affects clinical outcomes following acute myocardial infarction.

We all know that being overweight is bad for your health. Carrying excess fat is a risk factor for heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, a range of cancers and an increased chance of an early death. The ...

Not all body fat is the same when it comes to health and weight loss. Fat that sits just under the skin, called subcutaneous ...

Unexpectedly, the study found that lean patients with NAFLD had a higher risk of developing heart disease than non-lean ...

BMI stands for body mass index, explains Dr. Benedict Ifedi, MD, a family medicine doctor at Memorial Hermann. Dr. Glickman ...

A new risk prediction model can help identify people who are likely to develop early-onset colon cancer or small non-ca ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass led to greater weight loss than sleeve gastrectomy in patients with obesity at 10 years, according ...

Short sleep duration and frequent snoring significantly raise the risk of type 2 diabetes in women with prior gestational ...

The following is a summary of “Weight discrimination partially mediates the longitudinal relationship between Body Mass Index and pain,” published in the March 2025 issue of Journal of Pain by Olson ...