WHILE curvy or voluptuous are seen as compliments, no woman EVER wants to be described as “round”. But scientists now suggest ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and body fat provides key insights into strength and longevity that the scale ...

Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by Medicare or ...

If you eat or drink more than your body needs, you'll put on weight because the energy you do not use is stored as fat. If you eat and drink too little, you'll lose weight ...

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.

A WOMAN who’s lost a staggering four stone on weight loss injections has hit back at trolls who have slammed her for continuing to use the drug. Charlie made the decision to start on the ...

On average, women tend to have higher body fat percentages than men, including at the same BMI. This is likely due to differences ... A professional athlete, for example, will likely have a much lower ...

Being a vital mineral, calcium plays an important role in building and maintaining healthy bones and it becomes even more important for women due to their higher risk of bone density loss after ...

The Loose Women panellist even confessed she'd become ... stopping smoking and a healthy diet all help with excess weight gain and other menopausal symptoms." ...

Overweight and obesity means weighing more than what is thought to be healthy ... BMI is calculated differently for children than adults. The growth of children age 2 to 19 years is monitored using ...

Proper lung function is associated with a healthy body mass index. A recent study, led by Dr. Gang Wang, Karolinska Institute explored how unhealthy body mass index can affect lung function in ...