WEDNESDAY, July 9, 2025 -- The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than...

KOTA BARU: Starting January next year, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers and personnel with a body mass index (BMI) above 27 will...

KOTA BARU: Starting January next year, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers and personnel with a body mass index (BMI) above 27 will...

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 -- For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according...

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 -- For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according...

TUESDAY, July 8, 2025 — Older women carrying excess weight have a higher risk of a life-threatening double-whammy, a new study says. Women past...

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 -- The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as...

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 -- The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as...

THURSDAY, July 10, 2025 -- Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in...

The current definition of obesity needs to change to one that is based on body fat percentage...