Adolescent BMI amplifies genetic risk for high blood pressure, with sex-specific differences in how BMI modifies SBP ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

"Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents should not be diagnosed with BMI alone, but could be confirmed with waist-to-height ratio where a DEXA scan is lacking," Agbaje concludes.

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

If observed trends over the past 30 years continue, the total number of adults ages 25 and older living with overweight (body ...

Children and adolescents remain a vulnerable population ... but complications associated with a high Body Mass Index (BMI), including diabetes, cancer, heart problems, breathing issues, fertility ...

Is BMI a misleading tool for measuring obesity? However, longitudinal studies will be necessary to confirm these observations and refine the tools for measuring obesity across the ages.

Obesity prevalence increased among both adults and children across all regions of the world from 1990 to 2021, and more than ...

(BMI stands for Body Mass Index ... The rate doubled in both children 5-14 (from 9% to 18%) and teens and young adults 15-24 (10% to 20%), results show. Obesity rates tripled from 2% to nearly 7% ...

Since the 1990s, the proportion of the world's population who are overweight (with a body mass index of 25–30) or obese (with ...