Body mass index might be a more accurate measurement than commonly thought. New research shows that a vast majority of people ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

More than half of the setmelanotide group had a BMI reduction of at least 15% during the trial. A group of children and adults with hypothalamic obesity receiving setmelanotide for 1 year had ...

Most children aged 9 and 15 years with BMI in overweight range had a normal fat level. High and excess fat according to waist-to-height ratio was tied to higher odds for prediabetes and diabetes.