Medical experts propose new obesity measurements that would classify 70% of American adults as obese, moving beyond traditional BMI calculations.

Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.

Under the new definition, a person is classified as obese if they have a high BMI plus an elevated reading from one of these ...

BMI is not an accurate way to measure body weight or health because it does not account for body fat percentage or body fat distribution.

Premenopausal women have a larger increase in mean BMI with increasing age than postmenopausal women, with BMI peaking at ...

The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) is a cornerstone in global health research and the evidence base for policy making.1 The new iteration, led by the GBD 2023 ...

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Science has provided us with many ways to measure our health. Whether it is through blood tests, physio tests, or scales like ...

For instance, people with more fat in their arms and torso showed thinning in the sensorimotor cortex, a brain region tied to ...

This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of early-life health on education by estimating the effect of genetic predisposition to a higher body mass index (BMI) on educational attainment ...

The inclusion of "Up" and "WAP" — chart-toppers that have combined for more than 2 billion streams on Spotify alone — helps Cardi B claim an unusual milestone: Because of the streams its songs had ...