Body mass index (BMI) may not provide the most accurate screening for skeletal muscle deficits among youth with pediatric‐onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study in the Journal of ...

For decades now, obesity has been defined by a number on a scale or where you land on the body mass index (BMI) measure. But ...

While Texas bakes under sweltering conditions, it's far from alone. Millions are under threat of extreme heat this week.

It turns out that obesity may be much more complicated than we thought, with the condition potentially existing in up to 11 ...

The body mass index (BMI) is often used to assess health risks, but a recent study questions its reliability. Researchers ...

Researchers at Jiangmen Central Hospital (China) investigated the association between red blood cell folate and visceral adipose tissue in young and middle-aged adults in the United States using ...

It might not be your exercise routine that's keeping your abs out of sight.

A study found obesity rates increased at a faster rate during the COVID-19 pandemic than they did before April 2020.

The tool, which assesses a person's genetic risk of obesity, works twice as well as any other obesity risk predictor, ...

People in richer countries aren’t moving less — they’re just eating more. A new Duke study shows that diet, not laziness, is ...

Reducing the number of calories ingested may be more important than doing more exercise for people looking to effectively ...

Economic development drives higher obesity rates worldwide, but not because people move less. Instead, rising consumption of ...