What’s a ‘healthy’ BMI? A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is generally considered the healthiest range for most adults. But that number alone doesn’t guarantee good health. Lifestyle, genetics, muscle mass, ...

The value of BMI for healthy weight should range between 18.5 to 24.9. Usually, people falling in this category are at no risk of health problems due to their body weight. However, this score ...

24 kg/m 2) were both associated with a 13% higher ... to provide additional risk information beyond that conveyed by BMI in men. "The weaker contribution of WC beyond that of BMI in women may ...

Researchers enrolled 622 men aged 20 years and older who ... 3.1% had overweight and 0.8% had obesity. Using WHO BMI cutoff points misclassified 24.9% of participants as having overweight or ...

Some 451 (72.5%) individuals were of normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.99 kg/m²), 148 (23.8% ... more accurate BMI cut-off points for young male athletes. The new cut-offs, which take into account ...

Men with gout and obesity receiving febuxostat-based ULT were less likely to achieve SU targets and more frequently experienced disease flares.

A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity-related cancers in men than Body Mass Index (BMI). The research ...

Serum levels of insulin and leptin, BMI and abdominal obesity were compared in 200 men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) scheduled to undergo surgery and 302 controls. [13] Abdominal obesity ...

A BMI of 25 kg/m 2 or aboveis in indicator of overweight and a BMI of 30 kg/m 2 or above indicates obesity in white men and women of all ages, according to World Health Organisation's (WHO ...