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Nearly one in five American adults would be reclassified as having obesity under a new framework, a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine showed.However, ...
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Obesity increases the risk of nearly 200 diseases. A new genetic test may be able to predict a young child's risk of obesity in adulthood.
The global prevalence of OA attributed to high BMI has steadily increased over the past 3 decades, particularly among women and in high-SDI regions.
A lifestyle program designed to help prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes is returning to the Cedar Rapids area ...
Baseline BMI may play a significant role in improving exercise capacity, body weight and BP among patients with HF with ...
Thyroid cancer burden attributable to high BMI was increasing between 1990 and 2021 in the US, especially among men and older adults.
The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional BMI.
Researchers analyzed national health data from 2008 to 2023, uncovering a surge in the most severe obesity categories for children aged 2 to 18 years old.
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New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI ...
I am a 75-year-old woman who isn’t prediabetic or diabetic. My BMI is 31.2. My doctor has prescribed a trial of metformin for ...