And many more (43 percent) have excess weight. Percent of Women Who Are Overweight in 2022 (By Region) Body mass index (BMI) is a measurement used to assess a person’s body weight in relation to ...

16% for those with an overweight BMI trajectory and 40% for men with an obesity trajectory. Women with a below-average BMI trajectory were less likely to develop COPD than those with an average ...

"This may make waist circumference a stronger risk factor of cancer in men, and explain why waist circumference adds risk information beyond that conveyed by BMI in men, but not women." They ...

But now, experts believe measuring waist circumference is a more accurate way to predict cancer risk in men and as effective as BMI in women. Obesity is the second biggest avoidable risk factor ...

Topline data were announced from a phase 3 trial evaluating setmelanotide for the treatment of acquired hypothalamic obesity.

Waist circumference was shown to be a stronger marker than body mass index (BMI) for the risk of developing obesity-related cancers in men but not in women, a Swedish study showed. Data on BMI and ...

This suggests that the elevated risk associated with abdominal adiposity is specific, and not explained by high body size alone, as measured by BMI. Among women, the associations were weaker and ...