Adolescents with underweight BMI demonstrated higher risk for osteoporosis in adulthood, especially those who remained underweight into adulthood. Young-age body mass index (BMI) and its trajectory ...

Researchers found that overweight individuals, as well as some obese individuals, were no more likely to die than individuals in the upper end of the "normal" BMI range. Reading time 3 minutes If ...

New research from Denmark challenges long-held assumptions about body weight and health, revealing that being overweight—or even moderately obese—does not necessarily increase the risk of death ...

A major new study found that carrying a few extra pounds might not be as dangerous as being underweight, especially for those who are "fat but fit." Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital in ...

A higher body mass index (BMI) was significantly associated with slower rates of retinal nerve fiber layer change among patients with glaucoma, while those with underweight had significantly faster ...

It is possible to be "fat but fit", new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15-19 September) suggests. The ...