{"id":691,"date":"2025-10-22T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/high-bmi-at-ms-diagnosis-tied-to-faster-disability-progression-study\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:00:35","slug":"high-bmi-at-ms-diagnosis-tied-to-faster-disability-progression-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/high-bmi-at-ms-diagnosis-tied-to-faster-disability-progression-study\/","title":{"rendered":"High BMI at MS diagnosis tied to faster disability progression: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2025\/10\/22\/high-bmi-ms-diagnosis-tied-faster-disability-progression-study\/\" title=\"High BMI at MS diagnosis tied to faster disability progression: Study\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RiskDashboard-800x400.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"A dial marked &quot;RISK,&quot; with settings labeled &quot;LOW&quot; and &quot;HIGH,&quot; shows the indicator nearly at the high risk mark.\" style=\"margin: auto;margin-bottom: 15px;max-width: 100%\" data-wp-pid=\"145626\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Having a higher body mass index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on a person\u2019s height and weight, at diagnosis is tied to faster disability progression in people with [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2025\/10\/22\/high-bmi-ms-diagnosis-tied-faster-disability-progression-study\/\">High BMI at MS diagnosis tied to faster disability progression: Study<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\">Multiple Sclerosis News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com\/news-posts\/2025\/10\/22\/high-bmi-ms-diagnosis-tied-faster-disability-progression-study\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a higher body mass index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on a person\u2019s height and weight, at diagnosis is tied to faster disability progression in people with [&#8230;] The post High BMI at MS diagnosis tied to faster disability progression: Study appeared first on Multiple Sclerosis News Today. Source: multiplesclerosisnewstoday.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11,15,9,8,13,14,12,10],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multiple-sclerosis-research","tag-brain-repair","tag-marburg-type-ms","tag-ms","tag-multiple-sclerosis","tag-myelin","tag-neuroregeneration","tag-oligodendrocyte","tag-remyelination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wickedsister.evit.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}