MeSH tree: G03.180
If you or someone you love finds it difficult to stand up from the toilet without using your hands, it might seem like a small issue. But in health and aging, this movement—known as the "sit-to-stand"—can be a red flag. ...
Apr 28, 2025
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Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity.
Researchers at McMaster University have identified six key factors in the first three years of life that influence the trajectory of obesity in South Asian children.
Apr 10, 2025
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Researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body composition—which is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and related conditions—from photographs.
Mar 24, 2025
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People living in rural areas are at greater risk for obesity than the general population, and they often have limited access to healthy, affordable food, physical activity facilities, public transportation, and health care ...
Feb 14, 2025
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A recent study introduces an innovative method for analyzing body composition using advanced 3D imaging and deep learning techniques. This approach aims to provide more accurate assessments of body fat and muscle distribution, ...
Feb 4, 2025
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It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group of experts is denouncing it as a diagnostic tool for obesity. They say that doctors should look ...
Jan 16, 2025
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Even casual football watchers could tell you there are different body types based on the player's position. Linemen are big with a lot of body mass, and wide receivers are smaller and faster, for example. But a new study ...
Jan 13, 2025
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A comprehensive two-decades long study of 695 men living in Geelong found that gaining as little as three kilograms of weight over five years is linked to back pain and high rates of disability ten years later, highlighting ...
Dec 9, 2024
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For preterm infants, patterns of growth—and increases in fat tissue, in particular—may be indicators of metabolic health and brain development. Standard assessments for these measures, however, are often not feasible ...
Oct 9, 2024
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