Objectives The impact of body mass index (BMI) on cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unclear. RA characteristics may influence the association between BMI and risk. Disease activity, ...

Adults who had an above-average BMI, overweight or obesity during childhood have increased risk for developing chronic ...

For the past decade, the body mass index formula has been used to deny or delay abortion care, despite researchers finding ...

To get around BMI’s limitations, doctors have turned to more precise measures to assess body size and fat—like fancy scans ...

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

Badger Meter (BMI) closed at $192.67 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.27% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.38%. On the other hand, the Dow ...

Lifetime excess body weight and significant weight gain in adulthood are associated with an increased risk for renal cell ...

A woman diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer has told the BBC the NHS said her Body Mass Index (BMI) was too high to discuss surgery. Rosemarie Winfield, 44, from Hailsham in East Sussex, was ...

Excess weight in mid-life is a known risk factor for kidney cancer, but new research published by Wiley online in CANCER indicates that weight patterns throughout life may also affect an individual’s ...