SAN FRANCISCO -- Crinecerfont (Crenessity) may help improve metabolic profiles of adults and children with classic congenital ...

Obesity rates in children have been on the rise for decades, having quadrupled from 1990 to 2022, and along with the rise in ...

Stratifying BMI categories by waist circumference thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in postmenopausal women.

Three patient outcomes were measured in this new study: time to onset of ocular-related myasthenia gravis, Activities of ...

Optimal heart health from birth through adolescence, as measured by a combination of metrics, leads to long-lasting cardiovascular and overall physical, cognitive and mental health, according to the ...

It's common knowledge that obesity is a global epidemic, particularly in industrialized countries, and that it is a major ...

Recent research found that BMI is not a good predictor of mortality, adding to a growing body of evidence against the health ...

The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI).

Women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a substantially higher adiposity-associated risk for breast cancer, according to a study.

Thyroid cancer burden attributable to high BMI was increasing between 1990 and 2021 in the US, especially among men and older ...

Women who developed a cardiovascular disease or type 2 diabetes were at a higher risk of developing breast cancer post ...

Did the COVID-19 pandemic affect obesity rates in Canada? A new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found ...