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.

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Dr Dixon, advocate of "social prescribing", says NHS model "outdated and ineffective, too hit-and-miss, confined to a symptom ...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

Background Prolonged television (TV) viewing time is unfavourably associated with mortality outcomes, particularly for cardiovascular disease, but the impact on life expectancy has not been quantified ...

Introduction This study assesses the effects of obesity, physical inactivity and smoking on life expectancy (LE) differences between educational groups in five European countries in the early 2000s.

The life expectancy in Costa Rica is at a level expected for economies with a GDP of ... The table shows the RII for the odds of being affected by each health risk taken as a binary ... SH Preston, A ...

According to the ongoing Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study, people who spend a lifetime average of six hours per day watching TV can expect to live 4.8 years less than people who watch ...

Morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI of 40 or higher. Morbid obesity is associated with a host of health conditions, including heart problems, breathing difficulty, joint pain, mental health ...

A groundbreaking new study in The Lancet Public Health shows that the average increase in life expectancy across Europe has slowed dramatically since 2011. Between 1990 and 2011, life expectancy ...

Table 3 shows life expectancy and lifetime medical expenditure with 95% CIs according to the BMI categories. View this table: View inline; ... In summary, even though we observed non-significant ...