Woman weighing herself on the scale. Early menopause risk is highest in weight-cycling and severely underweight women. Underweight women have a significantly greater risk of experiencing early ...

Obesity rates severely increased between 1990 and 2022 while rates of underweight people decreased in most countries, according to a new study, and the researchers believe access to more nutritious ...

Low body weight in young women has been linked to a range of health concerns, including disrupted menstrual cycles, infertility, weakened immune function, and a long-term decline in bone density.

Researchers have studied the gut microbiota diversity in normal-weight and underweight Japanese women, with significant differences in gut microbial diversity despite the same diet. Low body weight in ...

Being overweight, obese or underweight could affect a woman's chances of becoming pregnant and having a healthy pregnancy—and male fertility is also affected by those factors, according to a new Dutch ...

At Maastricht University, I have the privilege of teaching my own course on the topic of body image. Each year, 120 undergraduates dive in head-first for an intense four weeks. This is one of my ...