In general, people are considered to be at a healthy weight if their BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. A BMI of 25 or more is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers calculated that a BMI cutoff of 33.7 kg/m 2 should be used to diagnose obesity in male athletes.

Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

Initial fasting plasma glucose levels outside of 80 to 94mg/dL linked to increased risk for diabetes. HealthDay News — Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), age, body mass index (BMI), and male sex are all ...

Researchers are now suggesting that waist circumference is a stronger predictor of cancer risk in men compared to body mass index. The study, conducted by scientists from Lund University, Sweden, was ...

It’s the latest indication that BMI alone isn’t an accurate indicator of health. For decades, medical professionals have relied on body mass index (BMI) to measure a patient’s propensity for disease ...

In both women and men, higher body mass index (BMI) in the preconception period is associated with lower fecundability and subfertility. In women, overweight and obesity are associated with higher ...

A patient’s BMI had no significant impact on adverse outcomes after liver transplantation, according to research presented at ...

A 'biological age' score predicts that being male, overweight, a smoker and having depression all contribute to biological aging, a new study reports. A 'biological age' score predicts that being male ...

A substantial body of literature has analyzed the potential association between late-life body mass index (BMI) and dementia. Given that there are some data suggesting that estrogen has ...