A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

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

There is a significant prevalence of fibrosis among adults with SLD, especially among individuals with severe obesity and high alcohol consumption.

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 ...

Despite the higher annual costs of the obese and smoking cohorts, the healthy-living cohort incurs highest lifetime costs, due to its higher life expectancy, as shown in Table 1 . Furthermore, the ...

Dr Dixon, advocate of "social prescribing", says NHS model "outdated and ineffective, too hit-and-miss, confined to a symptom ...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

A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.

From 2008 to 2010, the gap was 4.1 years, whereas between 2017 and 2019, the life expectancy gap grew to eight years.