Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

Type 2 diabetes remission and weight loss rates are significantly higher among adults who replace diet beverages with water.

Abdominal fat mass index was strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea risk across demographic subgroups, including racial and BMI categories.

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.

The higher a person’s BMI, the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of ED visits and readmissions.

Breast cancer patients may have inferior recurrence-free survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy if they are overweight or obese at diagnosis.

A 14-month randomized trial in older African American adults with obesity found that adopting a Mediterranean diet, with or ...

Lizzo had earlier revealed she had lowered her body mass index (BMI) by 10.5 and lost 16% of her body fat since January 2023.

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

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A new cross-cultural study involving participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom found that men with a body ...