Body mass index (BMI) is a widely-used screening tool to estimate body fat using height and weight. It categorizes people as ...
Objective To explore associations between maternal body mass index (BMI) in early pregnancy and childhood infections. Design ...
"Body roundness" could be a better measure than BMI at predicting how excess weight might affect a person's heart health, a ...
Body roundness index — a measure to reflect abdominal body fat and height that some health care professionals believe better ...
More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 ...
A new metric called Body Roundness Index (BRI) is emerging as a more accurate measure of health risks compared to the traditional Body Mass Index (BMI).
Body roundness index — a measure to reflect abdominal body fat and height that some health care professionals believe better ...
China: Recent research has highlighted the potential of the triglyceride-glucose body mass index (TyG-BMI) as a predictive ...
Body roundness measure could be key to predicting cardiovascular disease risk, offering a new tool for assessing heart health ...
"Rounder" participants were 163 percent more likely to develop heart disease in a Chinese study of adults over the age of 45.
Residence in low-income, low food-access neighborhoods in early life is associated with higher subsequent child BMI and a higher risk for obesity.