In the U.S., the overall average body fat percentage is around 40% for women and 28% for men. Body fat (BF) percentage refers ...

When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For ...

The top three that are considered the most accurate are the following: According to WedMD and a variety of studies, the DEXA ...

Higher BMI in early adulthood and midlife is linked to better memory performance, particularly in men and Black Americans, ...

And thus, body mass index was born (though it wasn't called ... The participants were all men, and predominantly white. Nevertheless, in 1985 the National Institute of Health changed its ...

HealthDay News — Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), age, body mass index (BMI), and male sex are all associated with development of diabetes, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in JAMA Network ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the ... risk categories included only non-Hispanic white men. Recently, some researchers and clinicians have been ...

Researchers found that teens with obesity ate more later in the day than their peers of healthy weight, and that their eating behaviors were strongly influenced by their internal body clock.

Korea: A recent study published in the Radiology Journal has highlighted the significant role of obesity and skeletal muscle mass in influencing postoperative survival in patients with non-small cell ...