Body Mass Index

Published results showed patients with a higher BMI had no differences in rates of dislocation or revision at 1 year to 2 years after primary total hip arthroplasty compared with patients with a normal BMI.

Children who have two parents with obesity are six times more likely to develop obesity as adults than those who have two parents with normal weight, according to findings that will be presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

Changes in maternal BMI significantly influenced the likelihood of obesity in children, a recent study showed.

Adults with a higher BMI and waist-to-hip ratio may be more likely to report worse depression, according to study findings published in PLOS ONE.

Men who had a lower birth weight followed by overweight during young adulthood have a greatly increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes vs. those with normal weight at those times, according to study results published in Diabetologia.

The elevated propensity for peripheral artery disease in patients with major depression may be mediated by increased liability for lifetime smoking and BMI, according to research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

WASHINGTON — Obesity and metabolic syndrome each increased the odds for asthma in adults, with even higher odds found with both factors, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Adults who exercise for at least 150 minutes per week in one to two sessions have similar body composition measures as adults who exercised a combined 150 minutes across three or more sessions, according to study data published in Obesity.

Height and weight measurements collected through videoconferencing are highly correlated with in-person measurements and support the use of remote assessment of BMI for children with obesity, according to a brief report.

PCPs should use the waist-to-hip ratio rather than BMI to evaluate obesity among Hispanic and Latino adults, according to experts.