Body Mass Index

Among adults with acute coronary syndrome not classified as having obesity, obstructive sleep apnea raised the risk for major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events, according to results published in CHEST.

The risk for developing type 2 diabetes is substantially higher for adolescents with overweight or obesity and an HbA1c of at least 6.1% compared with those with an HbA1c of 5.5% or less, according to study data.

Researchers identified a positive association between consumption of 100% fruit juice and weight gain in children, according to study results published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Reduced carbon dioxide production is linked to central sleep apnea in men with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, according to data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Lung transplant recipients with extreme low or high BMIs had heightened risks for death due to acute respiratory failure and chronic lung allograft dysfunction, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Adults who eat more foods associated with a Mediterranean diet have lower blood pressure, BMI and reduced cardiovascular risk, according to study findings published in Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases.

Greater salt consumption was linked to an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this video, Joshua C. Rozell, MD, discusses the physiologic burden on surgeons performing total hip arthroplasty and how this burden increases with patient BMI.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Elevated BMI in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty may not be an independent risk factor for dislocation or revision for instability, according to results presented here.

Adults who exercise in the morning have a lower BMI and waist circumference than those who exercise in the afternoon or evening, according to study findings published in Obesity.