Obesity is a global health crisis with profound clinical and societal consequences, contributing to increased risks of chronic illness and related mortality.1 Despite being recognised as a disease by ...

Whether you’re a vocalist who strums a six-string and croons Taylor Swift, a member of an indie-folk duo, or a bassist in a ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and body fat provides key insights into strength and longevity that the scale ...

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has a greater effect on sleepiness and quality of life in younger vs older patients with OSA.

In adults, BMI categories are fixed thresholds: underweight (below 18.5), normal (18.5–24.9), overweight (25–29.9), and obese (30 and above). In contrast, children's BMI is interpreted using ...

Individuals with obesity developed related comorbidities earlier and more frequently than those with normal BMI, with musculoskeletal pain being the most common, a large cohort study finds.

A real-world analysis presented at ASCO Annual Meeting provided new insights into the effect BMI may have on how people with ...

A recent study from the University of Oulu indicates that knee joint deterioration can begin silently in early adulthood, ...

Chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III has ordered that police officers who fail the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) twice will no ...

Metabolic syndrome affects more than 58% of patients with psoriatic arthritis and is correlated with “degenerative and ...

Objectives To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) categories and the fragility fractures in Thai men and to ...