Trump is in a high-risk category at age 74 At 74, Trump's risk of dying from the coronavirus is 90 times higher than someone between 18 and 29 years of age.

"BMI at 6, 12 or 18 months of age above the 85th percentile on the growth chart can accurately predict children at risk for early childhood obesity," says Allison Smego, MD, a fellow in the ...

When both parents lived with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m 2) in middle age, their offspring had six times higher odds of living with obesity themselves in middle age, than adults with both parents in ...

In terms of age, females aged 11–15 years with obesity were significantly less likely to be identified as being ‘about the right weight’ by their parents when compared with their younger ...

In two new studies, NYU researchers found certain risk factors like age, obesity and chronic illness can lead to an increased risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 patients.

In an analysis of data on tens of thousands of U.S. men and women, researchers found 53 percent of them did not have diabetes, high blood pressure or obesity at age 45.

For the comparison of obese versus normal-weight women, the risk of uterine cancer in the 65-or-older age group was 2.6-fold greater, increasing with declining age: 55-64: 3.8 45-54: 4.2 35-44: 10.0 ...

Maternal gestational diabetes and childhood obesity at age 9–11: results of a multinational study. Diabetologia, 2016; DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-4062-9 ...

Given the current level of childhood obesity, the models predicted that a majority of today’s children (57.3%; 95% uncertainly interval [UI], 55.2 to 60.0) will be obese at the age of 35 years ...

In an age of rising obesity, is body positivity becoming a negative for women's health? U.S. life expectancy has dropped for the first time since 1993 and chronic conditions linked to weight don't ...

The study concluded that the age-related shortening of MC4R + cilia causes middle-age obesity and leptin resistance in rats. The researchers demonstrated that dietary restriction is one method to ...

The study, "Age-related ciliopathy: Obesogenic shortening of melanocortin-4 receptor-bearing neuronal primary cilia," was published online in Cell Metabolism on March 6, 2024, at DOI: 10.1016/j ...