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

BMI (body mass index) has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. The truth is a little more ...

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a ...

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

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

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 ...

It has long been a well-established and well-documented fact that obesity — a complex, chronic disease which involves the ...

A new study shows that not just body mass index (BMI), but body fat distribution can significantly impact depression risk.

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

Waist circumference is a stronger predictor of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI in men, but not in women, due to ...