Figures such as BMI, blood pressure and activity levels may be linked to future dementia risk. Unhealthy childhoods may ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the much-contested body mass index (BMI).

Researchers said using BMI alone as the sole arbiter of obesity ... heart failure or other organ dysfunction. Children and adolescents with obesity might have limited movement or might trip ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided ... criteria for clinical obesity in adults and 13 criteria for children and adolescents that include: Preclinical obesity is characterized by ...

Biopsychosocial factors, including self-esteem and socially prescribed perfectionism, were associated with body satisfaction in middle childhood.

exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy predicted higher child body mass index (BMI) and related obesity risk factors up to two years of age. Findings from the study, which ...

exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy predicted higher child body mass index (BMI) and related obesity risk factors up to two years of age. Findings from the study ...