How much does your weight really say about your health? Probably less than you think. You could eat your five-a-day, hit the ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

Could an MRI scan reveal how well you're aging? A recent study could help patients as young as 45 predict their risks of major diseases later in life, such as dementia.

A smart scale can help you stay consistent and accountable in a variety of ways. Most even have multiple user profiles, so ...

The report, published in the Annals of Family Medicine in June, found that BMI is unreliable at predicting a person’s risk of ...

People in richer countries aren t moving less they re just eating more. A new Duke study shows that diet, not laziness, is ...

Researchers at Jiangmen Central Hospital (China) investigated the association between red blood cell folate and visceral adipose tissue in young and middle-aged adults in the United States using ...

For decades now, obesity has been defined by a number on a scale or where you land on the body mass index (BMI) measure. But ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not provide the most accurate screening for skeletal muscle deficits among youth with pediatric‐onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study in the Journal of ...

Economic development drives higher obesity rates worldwide, but not because people move less. Instead, rising consumption of ...

The body mass index (BMI) is often used to assess health risks, but a recent study questions its reliability. Researchers ...