New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their BMI looks fine. Reading time 2 minutes Your number on the bathroom scale ...

People of normal weight may also be at risk of diabetes and similar diseases. A study from the University of Gothenburg ...

In a pooled analysis involving more than 650,000 adults, researchers found that men with normal BMI but high waist circumference had a higher mortality risk than obese men with smaller waists . Each 5 ...

For decades, BMI (body mass index) has been the go-to number doctors use to decide whether someone is underweight, "normal," overweight or obese. But new global research suggests it's possible to have ...

A large new study found that about 1 in 5 adults worldwide have a normal body mass index (BMI) but excess belly fat. This combo was linked to higher risks of high blood pressure, diabetes, high ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older adults without obesity, but with a high body fat percentage, have greater risks for sarcopenia and ...

Radical perineal prostatectomy (RPP) has been proposed as a preferable approach to prostatectomy in obese men. [44,45] Yang et al. [44] examined outcomes after RPP among 71 severely obese patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers calculated that a BMI cutoff of 33.7 kg/m 2 should be used to diagnose obesity in male athletes.