The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.

Data taken down from the CDC website and research projects under review for keywords like "women" and "barriers" have ...

But one Cleveland Clinic expert is imploring executives not to look away. "Preventive measures are often neglected because they don't generate revenue, but they are incredibly important," Leslie Cho, ...

You’ve long heard doctors talk about BMI — or body mass index — and ... work with a dietitian or a healthcare professional to create a diet that makes the most sense for your lifestyle.

You can input weight and height and obtain an individual’s BMI. Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, ...

The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio ... be included in clinical-practice guidelines and in the training of healthcare workers, according to the Lancet commission.

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, according to the doctor. In some cases, using BMI can result in “muscular athletes” ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S. adults were considered obese between August 2021 and August 2023.

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk of diseases like diabetes and heart disease. They recommend strength ...