This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. The single most used demographic measure to describe population health is life expectancy at birth, but life expectancies at ages other ...

Adults with ADHD have a shorter life expectancy than those without ... "We know that ADHD is associated with higher rates of smoking, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer among other ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect life expectancy due to factors that include age ... can reduce the risk of new Afib onset and limit any increased risk due to obesity. Lifestyle changes that can ...

After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year nationally and in 26 states—but not as fast as it should compared with similar ...

How can hundreds of bloggers and influencers be promoting and endorsing obesity as a healthy lifestyle choice? So here’s the thing. This column is called The Balanced Life, yet this BMI research ...

A new report from global experts calls for redefining obesity beyond the traditional body mass index (BMI) measurement. The experts propose dividing obesity into two categories: "clinical obesity" for ...

Experts recommend reevaluating the diagnosis and treatment of obesity by moving beyond BMI to a more comprehensive health assessment. They propose classifying obesity into ‘clinical’ and ‘pre-clinical ...

What's more, having obesity and being fit meant a longer life on average than being a normal weight and unfit. While the data doesn't show fitness as being the only factor involved, it highlights just ...

Researchers have redefined obesity, emphasizing the impact of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function rather than relying solely on BMI. This new definition is crucial as over 1 billion ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...