The percentage of U.S. adults diagnosed with obesity using BMI is similar to those defined as having excess adiposity. Researchers said confirming excess adiposity in people with obesity may not ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity. Use of BMI to diagnose ...

We assessed the relationship between measures of adiposity, leukocyte telomere length, and mortality and whether it is modified by age. For this secondary analysis of data, we utilized the 1999 ...