When you go into your doctor’s office for a physical, the first thing they will do is have you step on the scale to check ...

Orforglipron significantly reduces body weight across all BMI categories in the ATTAIN-1 trial, with results presented at ...

New research published in the Journal of Health Psychology suggests that a specific measurement of body shape called the Body ...

New research challenges the adiposity rebound theory, showing childhood BMI changes are driven by muscle growth, not fat gain ...

(Vlad Fratila's Images/Canva) A simple calculation may do a better job than body mass index (BMI) at flagging the risk of ...

New waist-to-height cutoffs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, ...

Longitudinal data link higher BMI and waist circumference to poorer cognitive performance in both men and women.

New research links stress, BMI, and hormone patterns to pubertal timing, revealing implications for long-term health and ...

Higher levels of key steroid hormones—combined with elevated stress and body mass index (BMI)—are associated with earlier ...

Higher levels of key steroid hormones-combined with elevated stress and body mass index (BMI)-are associated with earlier ...

Waist circumference may be a much more reliable indicator of heart risks than body mass index (BMI). Excess abdominal fat, ...

A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Nutrition, offers new ...