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CHICAGO — BMI can underestimate obesity compared with body fat percentage determined by DXA scans, particularly among some racial and ethnic groups, according to data presented at ENDO 2023.

An ear acupuncture intervention using metal beads may help induce weight loss for adults, according to findings from two studies presented at the European Congress on Obesity.

The frequency and consistency of social rhythms and sleep play an important role in waist circumference change after job loss, according to study data published in Obesity.

Evening chronotype was associated with more severe nonalcoholic fatty liver disease independent of age, sex and BMI compared with morning chronotype among adults with obesity, according to data published in International Journal of Obesity.

Avocado consumption, visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors.

The metabolic syndrome rate among U.S. youths remained at slightly more than 4% over 20 years, but prevalence increased of large waist circumference and high glucose level, according to results published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Consumption of one avocado daily was not found to reduce visceral adiposity and only had a slight effect on cardiometabolic disorder risk factors, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

ATLANTA — Energy intake and diet quality do not mediate the association between food insecurity and increased BMI in U.S. adults, according to data presented at ENDO 2022.

Among older adults, three measures of adiposity conferred elevated risk for HF in patients with diabetes but not in those without diabetes, according to data published in Circulation.

BMI is widely used to classify patients into weight groups and to identify those at higher risk for a variety of conditions, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers.