Conclusion These findings suggest that the calibrated BMI trajectories for the period from mid-life to elderly adulthood have a significant effect on the risk of incident hypertension. The period from ...

Een BMI van 30 of hoger geldt voor volwassenen als obesitas. Een gevaar van alleen deze grove graadmeter is zowel over- als onderdiagnose. Mensen met overtollig vet rond de lever en het hart ...

February is American Heart Month, dedicated to that powerful organ inside your chest. Your heart is responsible for pumping ...

Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...

BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's ...

(HealthDay News) — Body mass index (BMI) and obesity prevalence declined in the United States in 2023, according to a research letter published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Health Forum. Benjamin Rader, PhD ...

But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The ...