A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.

Higher cardiovascular health (Life’s Essential 8 scores) is linked to greater bone mineral density in adults aged 20–59, with ...

Amid renewed criticism of the body mass index (BMI) as a diagnostic criterion for obesity, a 2,000-year-old technique used by ...

New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Combining time-restricted eating with exercise may be more effective in prompting weight loss than exercise without ...

It’s time to rethink what ‘obesity’ means as an international group of experts says the body mass index has limited value ...

BMI, a widely used measure, has long been criticized for being too simplistic. It calculates obesity based only on height and ...

A person with a BMI of less than 18.5 is considered to be underweight, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered to be normal, those with a BMI between 25 and 29.9 are considered to be overweight, and ...

Overweight scores continue from 25-30. And over 30 is obese. Quetelet merely used this early calculation as a descriptor. He did not make any medical proclamations. The Quetelet Index became ...

A plus-size fitness instructor says you can be overweight and healthy and says the BMI index is her biggest bugbear.

Despite years of glorifying thinness, a review of research involving almost 400,000 people has determined that fitness rather ...