New research found that having an “overweight” BMI did not necessarily increase the risk of death. People classified as “obese,” however, had a 21% to 108% increased risk of early death. Experts note ...

Obesity and diabetes in mothers have traditionally been considered risk factors for the child to also develop obesity. But a new study suggests that more narrow measures of health during pregnancy ...

New research suggests that a high body mass index (BMI) in young children may not necessarily indicate a lifelong risk of obesity. A study by the University of Queensland, utilising data from 6,291 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for CVD is higher among adults with a low polygenic score for BMI than those with a high polygenic ...

Waist circumference, not BMI, was tied to increased risk for adiposity-related heart failure, and the association was ...