A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

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

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

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass ...

The average U.S. male adult teetered on the verge of being obese. And the average U.S. female adult tipped the scale into obesity. Meanwhile, as children entered their teens, their average weight ...

Objective Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in young adults, and greater adiposity is considered a major risk factor. However, whether there is an association between obesity and diabetes and how ...

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

The higher a person's body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, especially those with BMI of 50 or more, according to a new study presented today at ...

Lean body mass (LBM) calculator that determines your ratio of lean mass compared to fat mass. The calculator provides a good overall estimate of percentage. News. ... Boer P. “Estimated lean body mass ...

Regional fat mass index (FMI), particularly abdominal FMI, is strongly associated with an increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to study results published in Metabolic Syndrome ...