For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

Menopause shifts body composition towards lower lean mass and higher central fat, with changes being most pronounced in women ...

The 'go-to' way many clinicians measure healthy weight may be deeply flawed, according to new research. A population study from the University of Florida (UF) has found that BMI, or body mass index, ...

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all communities ...

Prepregnancy maternal underweight is associated with lower BMI in infants conceived via ART, with sex-specific elevations in ...

"What is good for the heart is good for the brain," one researcher says.

TyG-BMI is a stronger predictor of CRC risk than the TyG index, showing a linear association with CRC incidence. Subgroup analysis reveals a significant link between TyG-BMI and CRC risk, especially ...

Last year, my wife started training for the New York City marathon. I couldn’t exactly be ordering in Taco Bell while she was eating clean and running double-digit miles everyday, so I set out to make ...

Higher fasting insulin levels in perimenopause are associated with a younger age of onset and longer duration of VMS.