A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

A scientific statement has been published by the ACC regarding the management of obesity in adults with heart failure.

Study objective Investing in health to improve healthy life expectancy (HLE) is fundamental to create a demographic dividend. However, how dramatic population ageing affects HLE remains unknown. This ...

Online supplemental table S1 report intracohort life course changes in log odds of obesity status. In general, we found few significant life course changes across demographic groups, suggesting that ...

Table 1 shows remaining life expectancy and the lifetime health-care costs for the three cohorts, specified by disease category. The obese cohort has the highest health-care costs for diabetes and ...

Dr Dixon, advocate of "social prescribing", says NHS model "outdated and ineffective, too hit-and-miss, confined to a symptom ...

Choosing whether your cat should live comfortably indoors or roam freely outside is one of the most important decisions a cat ...

In fact, their life expectancy (72.7 years) is closer to that of a typical citizen of El Salvador (72) than the U.S. (78). That is according to a new study published in JAMA on Monday.

Health measures such as cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure and weight can play a role in predicting how long a person will live. But another indicator may matter nearly as much: your address.

Other objectives included assessing the quality of life among women with obesity with UI and comparing levels of pelvic floor muscle strength and ... ” incontinence impact” being 51.5 (±22.8) and 51.0 ...

A healthy lifestyle, even in late-life, was associated with lower mortality risk and longer life expectancy among ... (IQR 3·07–9·54; 63 130 person-years). The baseline characteristics of the study ...

Fig. 1 Flow chart of individuals through the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS I and CFAS II) from ascertainment to inclusion in the study. ... The impact of smoking and obesity on ...