ボディマス指数(BMI)は身長と体重から算出される指数であり、人間の肥満度を示す指標として用いられていますが、近年はBMIで健康を語るのは難しいと指摘する声が高まっています。新たにスウェーデンのヨーテボリ大学の研究チームらが、BMIと代謝マーカーを組 ...

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Body mass index (BMI), which is calculated by dividing body weight by the square of height, is a body mass index that indicates the degree of obesity of a person, and it is thought that the higher the ...

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Researchers found that overweight individuals, as well as some obese individuals, were no more likely to die than individuals in the upper end of the "normal" BMI range. Reading time 3 minutes If ...

People of normal weight may also be at risk of diabetes and similar diseases. A study from the University of Gothenburg ...

For decades, BMI (body mass index) has been the go-to number doctors use to decide whether someone is underweight, "normal," overweight or obese. But new global research suggests it's possible to have ...

Individuals who transitioned from normal BMI in childhood to high BMI in adulthood had an increased risk of higher cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome stages, as well as cardiac, renal, and ...