The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...

However, a new study has found that BMI has its challenges as being the sole measure of obesity. The study to be presented at ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...

Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...

These issues are becoming increasingly important with the emergence of the GLP-1 agonist class of drugs, which include ...

Obesity is at epidemic proportions in the United States where more than 40% of adults are obese and more than 70% are ...

Cross-sectional studies and Mendelian randomization show that insulin resistance and chronic inflammation mediate the ...

In the last few years, the risk of many diseases has increased rapidly. Out of which obesity is also a disease that is ...