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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Remember former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) who got censured for pulling the fire alarm in the Capitol Building as lawmakers ...

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

Americans burn more daily calories than people in less developed countries, but they gain more weight. A new study explains ...

Hardcore endurance athletes have tracked the metric for decades, but it is increasingly touted as a measure of fitness and ...

Recent research found that BMI is not a good predictor of mortality, adding to a growing body of evidence against the health ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found that BMI — a measurement that is commonly used to determine whether a ...