Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

There is a significant prevalence of fibrosis among adults with SLD, especially among individuals with severe obesity and high alcohol consumption.

Excess fat mass estimated by waist circumference-to-height ratio predicts the risk of liver damage better than body mass index (BMI) estimated obesity, a new study shows. Waist-to-height ratio is ...

The findings showed a clear trend: as BMI increased, so did the risk of complications. From the lowest to the highest BMI ...

The study gives new insights into the risks associated with each BMI category and identifies the inflection point for ...

Clinicians who work with elite college athletes and military cadets should be aware of the association between higher body ...

Clinicians who work with elite college athletes and military cadets should be aware of the association between higher body ...

In the first of this two-part Spotlight series, we break down the debate around the issue, and its implications for health ...