In industrialized countries, the gaps in systolic BP and cholesterol have shrunk between obese and normal-weight individuals.

Over the last three decades, differences in unhealthy cholesterol levels and blood pressure between older adults with obesity and those with a normal body mass index (BMI) have narrowed or disappeared ...

A multinational team of researchers has discovered that over 20% of adults with a normal BMI range experience levels of abdominal obesity that puts them at higher risk of hypertension, diabetes, high ...

BMI is widely used to assess obesity but cannot differentiate between muscle and fat or indicate fat distribution in the body ...

Adults with obesity in high-income countries now have blood-pressure and cholesterol levels far closer to those of their ...

Differences in unhealthy cholesterol levels and blood pressure found to have ‘narrowed or disappeared’ in over-40s ...

Obesity and sedentary behavior were each independently associated with increased odds of chronic pain, especially in older adults, with no clear multiplicative interaction between BMI and physical ...

The decreases in blood pressure and cholesterol in higher income countries are mainly observed in older patients with obesity ...