Longitudinal data link higher BMI and waist circumference to poorer cognitive performance in both men and women.

When you go into your doctor’s office for a physical, the first thing they will do is have you step on the scale to check ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

(Vlad Fratila's Images/Canva) A simple calculation may do a better job than body mass index (BMI) at flagging the risk of ...

In A Nutshell A study of more than 19,000 Americans found that a waist-to-height ratio showed stronger links to high blood pressure risk than BMI, particularly for full hypertension in adults. People ...

New waist-to-height cut-offs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, ...

New waist-to-height cutoffs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, ...

Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but people's weights can shift over time, and little is known ...

Ifenyinwa Chizube Ndulue-Nonso was hired as a dietician at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 2024. Having moved from Nigeria, she claimed to have experience working with a range of different health ...

Rather than relying only on the bathroom scale to tell you if you're overweight, experts say you should also know your body mass index (BMI). BMI takes into account not just your weight, but also your ...

New research suggests that a high body mass index (BMI) in young children may not necessarily indicate a lifelong risk of obesity. A study by the University of Queensland, utilising data from 6,291 ...