Diagnosis: News and Research on Body Mass Index

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Lifetime body weight patterns may affect kidney cancer risk

Excess weight in midlife is a known risk factor for kidney cancer, but new research indicates that weight patterns throughout life may also affect an individual's likelihood of developing this malignancy. The findings are ...

Childhood obesity linked to higher COPD risk in adulthood

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that having an overweight or obese trajectory during childhood is associated with an increased risk of chronic ...

Weight loss increases risk of death for obese adults

New research has found for the first time that extreme weight fluctuations in obese individuals with cardiovascular disease significantly increases the risk of death—with weight loss as well as weight gain raising risk levels.

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