Emotional eating and body dissatisfaction mediate links between BMI changes and mental health. These psychosocial factors ...

For the past decade, the body mass index formula has been used to deny or delay abortion care, despite researchers finding ...

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

Former McLaren Formula 1 driver Jochen Mass has suffered a medical emergency. The 79-year-old will be stepping back from all public engagements while he recovers. Mass' family confirmed that his ...

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A study found that waist size is a better cancer risk predictor for men compared to BMI, with an extra 4 inches increasing risk by 25 per cent. If you are a man, your waist size could be a better ...

Scientists have identified how humans “redistribute” body mass from our arms and legs to our belly as we age. Author Professor El Ghoch said: “These results clearly indicate that we cannot ...

Tens of millions of people will now have their BMI checked and recorded by the NHS annually. The regulator has announced that everyone in England and Wales living with long-term conditions such as ...

The federal agencies are encouraging companies to develop new infant formulas and clarify opportunities to inform consumers about formula ingredients. The FDA and the US Department of Health and Human ...

A simple brainteaser that tests your math and pattern-identifying skills has left the internet baffled. X users have tried their hand at finding a solution to a sequence that does not follow the ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in Obesity and ...