New research has found that extra abdominal fat is strongly associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Excess belly ...

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New research suggests that a high body mass index (BMI) in young children may not necessarily indicate a lifelong risk of obesity. A study by the University of Queensland, utilising data from 6,291 ...

New research suggests that having a high body mass index (BMI) as a young child may not reflect a lifelong risk of obesity. A study by experts from the University of Queensland Institute for Molecular ...

Moving too quickly in medicine can be disastrous. The previous century is littered with examples, from the scandal of thalidomide – a morning sickness drug that had never been tested on pregnant ...

Kentuckians being treated for eating disorders who gain much needed weight in treatment sometimes reach a body mass index threshold that, on paper, makes them seem healthy, triggering the end of ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m an 80-year-old male who has spent most of my life at 6 feet, 2 inches tall and 185 pounds. At about age 70, my body started to compress to the point that I now get measured at 5 ...

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New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their BMI looks fine. Reading time 2 minutes Your number on the bathroom scale ...

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 ...

As new Statistics Canada data reveals that two-thirds of Canadians are considered overweight or obese, researchers are urging the public and policymakers to rethink how we define and measure ...