Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely used tool to assess an individual's body weight in relation to their height, providing a numerical value that categorizes individuals into different weight status ...

As a woman’s body mass index rises before she is pregnant or early in pregnancy, there is an increased risk of fetal death, stillbirth or infant death, and severely obese women have the highest risk, ...

High BMI may raise ovarian cancer risk in premenopausal women due to hormonal imbalance and insulin resistance. Maintaining a healthy body weight is not superficial, it goes skin deep. It is essential ...

To evaluate the relation between body fatness (%Fat) and body mass index (BMI) and to evaluate the validity of the BMI standards for obesity established by the NIH in older black and white ...

Being overweight was negatively associated with the incidence of dementia in women in Germany, while being underweight was linked to dementia in men, researchers reported in the Journal of Alzheimer’s ...

A high percentage of body fat can increase the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other health conditions. Various charts can show how much body fat is healthy for individuals of different ...

SAN ANTONIO — An in-depth analysis of why Black women with breast cancer have worse outcomes than women who are White, Asian, or Hispanic was hailed as "probably one of the most important ...