The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

As per a prospective cohort study, waist circumference along with BMI modestly improves the prediction of which postmenopausal women are at a higher risk for premature death.

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis examined the distribution of people by obesity level using the European ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart disease, while BMI did not. Men with 27% or more body fat and women with 44% ...

HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...