You are someone who takes fitness quite seriously. You check your meal portions, you don’t make excuses to miss a gym day, ...

Dr Brad Stanfield warns hidden visceral fat can drive chronic disease, even in people with a normal BMI – so try this one thing to get a clearer picture.

It might be one of the most used health metrics in the world, but there's a simpler (and perhaps more reliable) way to work out if you're a healthy weight than using BMI. Body Mass Index (BMI) ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from ...

A new study shows the 'peak' mix of muscle and body fat men and women actually rate highest – but should we even care?

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ANSWER: The body mass index (BMI, which the chart was probably derived from) is a tool used to estimate body shape. Unfortunately it has also been used to estimate health, but it is a flawed ...

A pair of doctors have teamed up to show a simple trick which could be better tool to measure someone's health than body mass index (BMI). Dr Clare Bailey Mosley - wife of the late Dr Michael Mosley - ...