Introduction Osteoporosis and fragility fracture are more frequently found in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients than in normal population. This study aims to determine the risk factors in ...

Waist-to-hip ratio is another belly fat measure, which may predict heart attack risk better than BMI, especially in women, ...

A melanocortin-4 receptor agonist did not induce significant decreases in BMI for patients with four rare genetic forms of obesity, according to topline results from four substudies of a phase 3 trial ...

Type 2 diabetes is affecting lean individuals. Experts warn that visceral fat, insulin resistance, high-carb diets are driving “lean diabetes,” often missed by standard BMI tests ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Gothenburg have developed a novel approach to assessing an individual's risk of metabolic diseases such as diabetes or fatty liver disease more ...

Speaking as a patient, choosing where to have surgery in Brooklyn is not something you take lightly. You want to feel safe, understood, and confident in the medical team caring for you. My experience ...

Speaking as a patient, finding the right surgical clinic in Brooklyn felt overwhelming at first. I spent a lot of time reading, comparing, and trying to understand where I would feel safe and truly ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting obesity-related diseases and death. When you purchase through links on our ...

Individuals who take liraglutide or semaglutide for weight loss reduce their alcohol consumption by almost two-thirds in four months, new research being presented at this year’s European Congress on ...

At your last physical, your doctor may have recorded your body mass index (BMI). That statistic has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. While it's still helpful, the truth ...