Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

Out of the 41 million annual deaths in adults from non-communicable diseases, five are due to a high BMI above 25. Nearly four million of them are solely due to diabetes, strokes, coronary heart ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Waist circumference (WC) is a stronger marker than BMI for obesity-related cancer risk in men, but not in women. In men, a WC increase of 11 cm is linked to a 25 ...

In women, these variations are more subtle, but a trend emerges: with age, abdominal fat increases (from +1.23% to +4.21%), while muscle mass in the limbs decreases (from -0.81 kg to -2.63 kg).

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year’s ...