New research reveals that excess weight is linked to an especially high risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal ...

In movies, on billboards, and across social media, the ideal male body is often presented as a sort of marble statue. Massive ...

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A new cross-cultural study involving participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom found that men with a body ...

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

Body fat percentage, waist circumference both significantly associated with 15-year all-cause mortality, heart disease mortality.

Body weight significantly influenced right heart function and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension, with both extremes ...

The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of emergency department visits and readmissions, according to a study ...

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

In this prospective cohort study, body mass index-specific waist circumference (WC) thresholds were found to improve ...

Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...