In the study involving 232 mother-child dyads, girls in the responsive parenting group had a 1.00 lower mean BMI compared with girls in the control group (16.32 vs 17.32, P=0.007), but there was no ...

A MUM has been left fuming after receiving a letter from her daughter’s school calling the five-year-old “obese”. Samantha ...

Adults who had an above-average BMI, overweight or obesity during childhood have increased risk for developing chronic ...

Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in Obesity and Endocrinology, ...

In conclusion, this study shows that being overweight or obese during childhood may increase the chance of developing COPD ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight ... nearly 60% of adults and one-third of children and adolescents worldwide could be overweight or obese by 2050, according to projections ...

The study led by researchers from Copenhagen University in Denmark focuses on examining the link between a high body mass ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window BMI was lower in kids whose mothers received a responsive parenting intervention in the INSIGHT randomized clinical trial.