Donald Trump has completed his first physical of his second term at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, ...

Despite the success of drugs like Ozempic (semaglutide) in promoting both weight loss and longer life, doubt remains about the role of body mass index (BMI) at older ages. Many studies have shown that ...

When you're hungry, ghrelin hormone levels increase in your stomach and other parts of your body. Learn what causes its ...

Body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to evaluate a person’s weight status and determine whether they’re of normal weight, overweight or obese. However, a new study, to be presented at the ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

New research suggests that the month you are born in could influence your body’s health as you grow older. Scientists have ...

One tool doctors have long used to measure ideal body weight is body mass index (BMI). It's a measure of your body weight in kilograms divided by the square of your height in meters. You can ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is widely used to assess weight status and define obesity. However, new research to be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) suggests BMI may become less ...

The following is a summary of “Association between A body shape index and bone mineral density in middle-aged and elderly ...