Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

For other conditions, like type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and stroke, the effects were largely reduced but not entirely ...

The study highlights BMI's role in mediating genetic risk for diseases, suggesting a complex relationship with conditions ...

New study from deCODE genetics/Amgen highlights the importance of BMI in pathogenesis of disease, suggesting that reducing ...

In 2023, the American Medical Association acknowledged that BMI is an “imperfect way to measure body fat.” And an English study from 2021, with a more diverse data set, found that current BMI ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- New study from deCODE genetics ... but not entirely explained by BMI. The study found similar patterns in men and women, although there were ...

Kari Stefansson and Gudmundur Einarsson, scientists at deCODE genetics and authors on the paper, discuss a new paper in Nature Communications ... but not entirely explained by BMI. The study found ...