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

Background Body-mass index (BMI) and depressed mood are both positively associated with pain and activity limitations in knee osteoarthritis (OA), and are interrelated. The aims of the present ...

The main aim of this study was to examine how early childhood weight status is related to fitness and physical activity later in life. We studied the association of preschool body mass index (BMI) and ...

Other studies have also shown how BMI is not always accurate ... like walking more or taking the stairs. Find activities you like walking fast, jogging, swimming, biking, or dancing.

Here's the two-step classification of obesity: Stage 1 Obesity: Increased adiposity (BMI above 23 kg/m2) without apparent effects on organ functions or routine daily activities. This stage of ...

However, that same 77th percentile could be a 'red flag' for poor diet and/or physical activity habits if it reveals an upward drifting of her BMI%, perhaps from the 66th percentile at age 6 to the ...

With the exception of rurality, each comparison made between the independent variables and BMI classification was statistically significant at the α = 0.007 level. Since the null hypothesis ...