High BMI may raise ovarian cancer risk in premenopausal women due to hormonal imbalance and insulin resistance. Maintaining a healthy body weight is not superficial, it goes skin deep. It is essential ...

Although researchers found no substantial changes in body mass index (BMI) among postmenopausal women, the metric was a risk factor for diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). An analysis of data ...

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

When chasing PBs, the traditional approach is the same for men and women; train well and aim to get down to ‘race weight’. However, a three year long study has revealed that though less weight may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with large waist circumference had a greater risk for death across all BMI categories. Researchers ...

Most people associate high BMI with lifestyle diseases like heart problems and diabetes. But now, mounting scientific evidence shows that a high BMI can also increase the risk of breast cancer, ...

A recent study by IPGMER (SSKM) in Kolkata reveals that BMI may not accurately reflect obesity risk for Indian women. The research found that a significant number of young women, despite having normal ...

A new European study, published in the journal Cancer, reveals that postmenopausal women who are both overweight and have heart disease face a significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer ...

A recent study reveals a significant link between high BMI and increased breast cancer risk, particularly in postmenopausal women. The risk escalates further for those with cardiovascular disease, ...