Body Mass Index (BMI)

  • Study: Thin Docs More Likely to Address Patient Weight
    BALTIMORE—A patient’s body mass index (BMI) may not be the only factor at play when a physician diagnoses a patient as obese. According to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the diagnosis could also depend on the weight of ...More
    January 30, 2012
    Posted in News
  • BMI Better Than Waist Circumference to Predict Type 2 Diabetes in Kids
    ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Waist circumference, a measure of belly fat, is not a better predictor than body mass index for identifying children with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Aug. 19 in the Journal of Adolescent Health. ...More
    August 23, 2011
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
  • Global Obesity Doubled Since 1980
    LONDON—The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980, according to a major study on how three important heart disease risk factors have changed across the world over the last three decades, according to studies in the Feb. 3 issue of the Lancet. ...More
    February 4, 2011
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
  • NIH Study Identifies Ideal BMI
    WASHINGTON—A study looking at deaths from any cause found that a body mass index (BMI) between 20.0 and 24.9 is associated with the lowest risk of death in healthy non-smoking adults. ...More
    December 7, 2010
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
  • Large Muscles Help Kidney Patients Live Longer
    Kidney disease patients are healthier and live longer if they’ve beefed up their muscles, according to a study published online Oct. 14 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). ...More
    October 14, 2010
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
  • Modest Weight Gain Can Harm Blood Vessels
    ROCHESTER, Minn.—Healthy young people who put on as little as 9 pounds of fat, specifically in the abdomen, are at risk for developing endothelial cell dysfunction, according to Mayo Clinic researchers. ...More
    August 20, 2010
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
  • Obesity Linked to Kidney Stone Risk
    Obese individuals are more likely to develop kidney stones than normal weight individuals; however, severe obesity doesn't further increase risk, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that was published in the Journal of Urology. ...More
    January 22, 2010
    Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
  • Obesity Linked to Common Kidney Cancer
    Obese patients with kidney tumors have 48-percent higher odds of developing a clear-cell renal cell cancer (RCC) than patients with a body mass index (BMI) of less than 30; odds increase by 4 percent for every extra BMI point. ...More
    January 12, 2010
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
  • Obesity Hinders Success at Reducing Heart Disease Risk
    ORLANDO, Fla.—The dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research presented Nov. 17 at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions ...More
    November 18, 2009
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
  • Prehypertensives with Lower BMI Not at Increased CKD Risk
    TRONDHEIM, Norway—People with prehypertension are not at increased risk of kidney disease if their body mass index (BMI) is under 30 kg/m2, according to a first-ever examination of the combined effect of blood pressure and body weight on the risk of kidney disease. ...More
    July 22, 2009
    Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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