Gender differences are another significant aspect of this research, as women seem to be particularly vulnerable to the consequences of adolescent obesity. One of the most concerning findings of ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

Dr. Naval Vikram, professor of medicine at AIIMS Delhi and co-author of the study, underscored the importance of the findings. "A distinct definition of obesity for Indians is crucial for the early ...

Obesity is currently defined as a BMI of 30 or above in adults. New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body ...

We reported the adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: The pooled prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among SSA women was 11% (95% CI: 9–12%), 18% (95% CI: 16 ...

What is also worrying the doctors is the fact that in India, they are seeing an early and widespread onset of abdominal obesity. The trend is hitting women and alarmingly, children too.

Louise Baur receives funding from the National Health & Medical Research Council in the form of competitive research grants on projects related to child and adolescent obesity; these funds are ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group ... Directly measuring body fat: "Some older women might be familiar with a DEXA ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...

A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many experts and professional groups agree it’s an imperfect tool that on its own reveals ver ...

Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee osteoarthritis. Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or ...

Fifty-three per cent of Canadian women were considered obese or overweight while in the military that figure is 57 per cent. One of the reports for the senior leadership concluded that ...