MGB researchers just developed a new risk calculator for obesity. Here’s why that’s a game changer.

The new tool could help predict obesity-related health risks earlier and reshape prevention strategies, researchers say. The ...
Medindia

Your High Glucose and BMI May Predict Early Diabetes Risk

Type 2 diabetes risk varies widely for adults 18-40 with prediabetes. High glucose and obesity significantly increase the 5-year progression risk to nearly 25%.

Waist size may be a better predictor of heart failure risk than BMI, study finds

A new study indicated that excess fat stored around the waist or visceral fat was more strongly associated with heart failure risk than body mass index (BMI).
STAT

New study gets beyond BMI in pregnancy to gauge child’s risk of obesity

Obesity and diabetes in mothers have traditionally been considered risk factors for the child to also develop obesity. But a new study suggests that more narrow measures of health during pregnancy ...
The Independent

Your BMI at this age is likely linked to diabetes and heart disease

New research suggests that a high body mass index (BMI) in young children may not necessarily indicate a lifelong risk of obesity. A study by the University of Queensland, utilising data from 6,291 ...
Medical Xpress

Waist-to-height ratio outperforms BMI in detecting the risk of fatty liver disease and liver cirrhosis

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 a ...
Healio

Waist circumference may be more prognostic of heart failure than BMI

Waist circumference, not BMI, was tied to increased risk for adiposity-related heart failure, and the association was ...