Body Mass Index

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.

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.