When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30%, but the ...

Researchers found that the impact of polyphenols rutin and genistein on the human fecal metabolome varies significantly by ...

The mBCA Alpha scanner is an alternative to screenings that rely on weight and body mass index to understand the risk of ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to calculate whether someone is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight or obese. But because BMI calculations can't tell the difference between body ...

A new analysis links higher triglyceride-glucose (TyG) and TyG–body mass index (TyG-BMI) levels to increased colorectal ...

Discover the truth about muscle loss with age, including when it actually begins and the proven strategies that can reverse ...

A new study found more than two-thirds of Reserve and Guard troops are overweight, prompting a scathing rebuke of lax ...

In recent years, mobile applications designed to monitor health-related behaviors have gained popularity, with several ...

A study conducted by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, found that men with a genetic predisposition supporting higher muscle strength had a lower risk ...