(HealthDay News) – Family meals and their related rituals are associated with both child and adult body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online Oct. 1 in Obesity. Brian Wansink, Ph.D., ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — BMI can underestimate obesity compared with body fat percentage determined by DXA scans, particularly ...

Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity. Use of BMI to diagnose obesity ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for CVD is higher among adults with a low polygenic score for BMI than those with a high polygenic ...

For many years now, overweight trends among children have been going up, and it's also a problem among older teenagers. New research looked at teens' increased risk of developing high blood pressure.

Dear Amy: My daughter is 33 and is a kind, caring person. She has a good job and a devoted boyfriend who is living with her in a house that we helped her buy. She was a normal weight until she gained ...

Adolescents with underweight BMI demonstrated higher risk for osteoporosis in adulthood, especially those who remained underweight into adulthood. Young-age body mass index (BMI) and its trajectory ...