Menopause shifts body composition towards lower lean mass and higher central fat, with changes being most pronounced in women ...

The 'go-to' way many clinicians measure healthy weight may be deeply flawed, according to new research. A population study from the University of Florida (UF) has found that BMI, or body mass index, ...

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all communities ...

"What is good for the heart is good for the brain," one researcher says.

People of normal weight may also be at risk of diabetes and similar diseases. A study from the University of Gothenburg reveals that those with an unexpectedly high so-called metabolic BMI have up to ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...

A new analysis links higher triglyceride-glucose (TyG) and TyG–body mass index (TyG-BMI) levels to increased colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, especially among women, but not mortality. Elevated ...

Excess body weight appears to be a direct cause of vascular dementia, with the damage largely driven by high blood pressure.

A large proportion of the population has abdominal obesity despite a normal BMI, and these individuals are at increased cardiometabolic risk, two new studies found. “Individuals with normal BMI but ...

Last year, my wife started training for the New York City marathon. I couldn’t exactly be ordering in Taco Bell while she was eating clean and running double-digit miles everyday, so I set out to make ...