A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging the traditional view of weight status. The findings suggest that BMI ...
The study suggests there are opportunities to reduce childhood obesity, such as encouraging pregnant women to quit smoking and manage healthy weight gain, as well as closely monitoring children who ...
A child inherits around 35 percent to 40 percent of their body mass index from their parents, according to a study published in Economics and Human Biology. The research team, headed by the United ...
BMI alone may not accurately detect excess adiposity in children without obesity, missing many cases. The study emphasizes the need for additional body composition measures, like waist-height ratio ...
July 9, 2010 — Neck circumference (NC) may help identify children with high body mass index (BMI), according to the results of a cross-sectional study reported online July 5 in Pediatrics. "Because ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most children aged 9 and 15 years with BMI in overweight range had a normal fat level. High and excess fat ...
October 25, 2006 (Boston) — A community-based program that promotes exercise and healthful foods reduced body mass index (BMI) z-scores in children at high risk for obesity, researchers reported here ...
A mom’s BMI shifts are contagious—as if women needed *another* thing to worry about. Here's what a new study found...and what to do about it. In a new study published in BMJ Open, researchers analyzed ...
Methylphenidate helps the brain to regulate focus and impulse control. It is the most commonly used medicine for ADHD and is ...
About The Study: This cross-sectional study including 426,000 children in Denmark found that body mass index (BMI) outcomes of COVID-19 pandemic–related control policies and restrictions were not ...
Higher maternal BMI before pregnancy is linked to increased risks of epilepsy and intellectual disability in young children, ...