Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

If a person's weight is 160 lbs (72.6 kg) and their height is 6 feet (1.8 meters), you would calculate their body mass index as follows ... among women and men, and in almost every age group, not just ...

Adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) or type 2 diabetes develop cardiovascular diseases (CVD) at younger ages.

Researchers examined the relationship between a diet that provokes inflammation and the risk for irritable bowel syndrome.

However, more recent research has revealed BMI to not only be an insufficient measure of health, but also highly problematic, with initial studies almost exclusively made up of Caucasian men.

In 2023, the American Medical Association acknowledged that BMI is an “imperfect way to measure body fat.” And an English study from 2021, with a more diverse data set, found that current BMI ...

Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in America, and it has been for more than 100 years, despite major gains ...

Regular physical activity can slow biological aging in people with type 2 diabetes, a new study has revealed. The research ...

Experts have started thinking more broadly about what puts a person at risk for heart disease, still the leading killer in the U.S.

Their findings suggest that a simple, non-invasive one-legged stand can assess how well one's neuromuscular system is aging.

The overall average body fat percentage in the United States is about 39.9% for women and 28.1% for men, so below these amounts would technically be “below average.” However, most people in the United ...