High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and ...

Mercey Livingston is a health and wellness writer and certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She's written about fitness and wellness for Well+Good, Women's Health, Business Insider, and ...

Visceral obesity is associated with increased left ventricular mass and reduced ventricular volumes — suggesting concentric ...

ANSWER: The body mass index (BMI, which the chart was probably derived from) is a tool used to estimate body shape. Unfortunately it has also been used to estimate health, but it is a flawed ...

BMI doesn't tell the full story of health, says a new University of Waterloo study. The measure may reinforce bias and ...

Body mass index, or BMI, is often promoted as a key measure of health, but clinicians are increasingly understanding its flaws and moving toward more comprehensive markers. In 2023, research in the ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. The body mass index is not going away, a new ...

I am getting bent out of shape over surgeons telling patients they cannot get a knee replacement because they are above a certain BMI cutoff. Here’s a familiar scenario: A patient with a high body ...

The gut microbiome has been a rising star in the world of health science over the last several years, garnering interest from both researchers and the general public. This is mostly due to its ...