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Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Initial fasting plasma glucose levels outside of 80 to 94 mg/dL were linked to an increased risk for diabetes.

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Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Heart disease remains the top killer of Americans as risk factors continue to grow. Get the latest statistics from the ...