Women with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a substantially higher adiposity-associated risk for breast cancer.

Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in ...

While a healthy lifestyle naturally has important benefits, yet seeking weight loss alone might not give an adequate picture ...

HealthDay News — The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) framework may offer a more sensitive measure of obesity than traditional body mass index (BMI), according to a study published ...

Losing weight isn’t always winning at health, say experts challenging the long-standing obsession with BMI and dieting. New ...

Rhythm's bivamelagon cut BMI and hunger scores in Phase 2 trial for hypothalamic obesity, prompting plans to discuss Phase 3 ...

Breast cancer patients may have inferior recurrence-free survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy if they are overweight or obese at diagnosis.

July 8 (UPI) -- Older women carrying excess weight have a higher risk of a life-threatening double-whammy, a new study says.

A body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or greater is more strongly associated with breast cancer according to new research from ...

The higher a person’s BMI, the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of emergency department visits and readmission.