body mass index

August 30, 2016August 31, 2016

WHO Cancer Prevention Group Identifies 8 More Cancers Linked to Obesity

Obesity News Today

Obesity is a risk factor for more cancers than previously believed, according to the results of a new evaluation conducted by the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention program under the ... Read more

August 30, 2016November 8, 2016

WHO Cancer Prevention Group Identifies 8 More Cancers Linked to Obesity

Obesity News Today

Obesity is a risk factor for more cancers than previously believed, according to the results of a new evaluation conducted by the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention program under the ... Read more

August 30, 2016November 30, 2016

WHO Cancer Prevention Group Identifies 8 More Cancers Linked to Obesity

Obesity News Today

Obesity is a risk factor for more cancers than previously believed, according to the results of a new evaluation conducted by the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention program under the ... Read more

August 25, 2016August 26, 2016

Umbilical Cords of Babies of Overweight Moms Offer Clues into Childhood Obesity

Obesity News Today

Children born to obese mothers are known to be at an increased risk of obesity, but researchers do not fully understand why. A recent study by a research team in ... Read more

August 25, 2016November 8, 2016

Umbilical Cords of Babies of Overweight Moms Offer Clues into Childhood Obesity

Obesity News Today

Children born to obese mothers are known to be at an increased risk of obesity, but researchers do not fully understand why. A recent study by a research team in ... Read more

August 25, 2016November 30, 2016

Umbilical Cords of Babies of Overweight Moms Offer Clues into Childhood Obesity

Obesity News Today

Children born to obese mothers are known to be at an increased risk of obesity, but researchers do not fully understand why. A recent study by a research team in ... Read more

August 16, 2016September 6, 2016

Twin Study: Obesity Increases Risk of Diabetes But Not Heart Attack

Diabetes News Journal

Obesity has a greater impact on the risk for diabetes among twins than on the risk for heart disease or death, according to a new study,”Risks of Myocardial Infarction, ... Read more

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016

Higher BMI Not a Risk Factor for Heart Attacks Among Identical Twins

Cardiovascular Disease News

Higher body mass index (BMI) does not increase the risk of heart attacks or death, but does increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a study of 4,046 pairs ... Read more

July 14, 2016August 18, 2016

Elevated BMI Linked to Multiple Myeloma Development and Progression

Melanoma News Today

A study has uncovered that elevated body mass index (BMI), a measurement of obesity, increases an individual’s risk of developing multiple myeloma and the disease’s risk of progression. The study, “Adipocytes ... Read more