Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients face very different risks for cardiovascular disease and events depending on their body ...

Nonsmokers diagnosed with obesity-related cancers had lower risk for death if they adhered to American Cancer Society ...

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

Patients with solid tumor malignancies had better survival after ICI therapy if they were obese than if they had a normal BMI.

Lifetime excess body weight and significant weight gain in adulthood are associated with an increased risk for renal cell carcinoma, while weight loss is linked to a lower risk.

Children with above-average BMI trajectories are at increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease later ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in Obesity and ...