Weight-inclusive health care is the provision of equitable care without perpetuating weight stigma among patients of all body ...

IT is laudable that Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain wants his officers to maintain a body mass index (BMI) of 28 as a requirement to qualify for promotions. His ...

Women with a higher BMI may have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk ... which poses a significant public health challenge.” He recommended targeted interventions including lifestyle ...

Under recommendations released earlier this week, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI ... nutrition expert at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Cardiff University research into women’s health, mental health, and tackling cancer are to be among the key areas of research to share £39.5m of funding from Health and Care Research Wales over the ...

WC and WHR are common tools for measuring central obesity while BMI measures generalized obesity. Aims: The goal of this study is to assess the prevalence of obesity amongst health workers of David ...

Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner. CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and ...

Giant pandas have returned to the National Zoo in Washington, drawing joyful crowds. Two pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, made their public debut Friday in front of hundreds of excited fans ...

The University of Minnesota hospitals seen on Oct. 9, 2015. U of M and Duluth-based Essentia Health are proposing a new nonprofit for academic medicine. The University of Minnesota and Duluth ...