Health Risks

Understanding health risks associated with weight and lifestyle

Normal Weight, Big Belly, Twice the Death Risk: The Hidden Obesity Epidemic

You can have a "healthy" BMI and still be at higher risk of dying than an obese person. The science on normal-weight central obesity is damning—and most doctors aren't checking for it.

March 24, 2026

17 min

Visceral Fat Mortality Risk Waist-to-Height Ratio

Visceral Fat: The Deadly Fat Surrounding Your Organs That BMI Can't See

BMI can't detect visceral fat—the deep abdominal fat wrapped around your organs that drives heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and death. New 2024–2025 research shows how to measure and eliminate it.

March 24, 2026

16 min

Visceral Fat BMI Heart Disease