Body Mass Index

The percentage of adults with metabolically healthy obesity increased from 1999 to 2018 but remains much smaller than the proportion of those with metabolically unhealthy obesity, according to study data.

Children of women with type 2 diabetes who took 1,000 mg metformin twice daily during pregnancy had a similar BMI z score at age 2 years compared with those of women using placebo, according to study data.

Lung function in 24-year-old adults was influenced by maternal perinatal BMI, birthweight, childhood asthma and childhood lean and fat mass, according to study results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Adding more physical education classes in grades one to nine could help lower the prevalence of obesity among school-aged children, according to a study published in Obesity.

The implementation of legislation that encourages healthy eating habits was associated with reduced BMI scores among youth in the United States, according to study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Published results showed a substantial amount of health and economic outcomes of musculoskeletal disorders may be attributable to high BMI.

Stigmatization of patients with obesity can affect access to quality health care as well as their comfort and trust in practitioners, while also perpetuating misdiagnosis and “negligent medicine,” researchers and nutritionists report.

Possibly driven partly by BMI, snoring and sleep apnea were associated with increased risk for hypertension and CAD, according to a Mendelian randomization analysis.

A higher BMI did not appear to increase risk for sarcoidosis, according to study results published in CHEST.

Excess weight, regardless of polygenic risk score, correlated with an increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to results from a population-based, case-control study.