BMI has long been used as a standard measure of obesity, endorsed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and ...

What makes a man’s body attractive? A new international study explored this question using body scans and evolutionary models ...

A healthy lifestyle has important benefits, but weight alone might not give an adequate picture of someone's health, say ...

Researchers say they have a better way to measure weight than BMI - The cost-effective option is already found in some ...

BIA uses a small, painless electric current to determine your body fat percentage, lean muscle mass, and water content.

34. Mirzababaei A, Abaj F, Khosravinia D, Ghorbani M, Valisoltani N, Clark C, et al. The mediatory effect of inflammatory markers on the association between a body shape index and body roundness index ...

A recent study conducted by the University of Florida suggests that Body Mass Index (BMI) may not be the most reliable ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

For many people, no matter what doctor you're seeing, the routine is essentially the same. You enter the room, sit down on the medical exam paper, get your blood pressure taken, then step on the scale ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...