Authors found that BMI of 27 or greater shows excellent diagnostic performance. HealthDay News — The optimal body mass index (BMI) cutoff point appears to be 27kg/m 2 for detecting obesity in ...

For people giving birth to twins, the gestational weight gain range with the lowest risk for adverse perinatal outcomes was similar among those with a pre-pregnancy BMI of underweight or normal weight ...

New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May), identifies the optimum body weight range for adults with type 2 diabetes to minimize their ...

Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." So much importance is placed on a single number: Your body mass index, or BMI, which defines your ...

Among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) older than 65 years, a body mass index (BMI) in the moderate overweight category (26-28) appears to offer better protection from cardiovascular death than does ...

A U-shaped relationship was found between BMI and the risk for elevated liver stiffness in older adults, with both lower and higher BMI tied to an increased risk. An optimal BMI range of 21.8-24.3 was ...

Researchers examined the impact of obesity in relation to treatment and mortality from data on over 500,000 lung cancer patients. This study suggests that immunotherapy may not be the optimal ...

BMI doesn't tell the full story of health, says a new University of Waterloo study. The measure may reinforce bias and ...