The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

A new measurement tool is challenging the long-standing idea of using the Body Mass Index as a way to gauge body fat and ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

In the meantime, Sahakian and Langley recommend some cereals that can be grrreat for your brain. The pair’s research, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, found a link between muesli, bran, wheat ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major adverse CV ...

Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio show stronger links to colorectal cancer (CRC) than body mass index (BMI), a new ...