BOSTON - A new study finds there may be a more accurate way to calculate a patient's risk of death from obesity, and it involves measuring a person's waist. Obesity, especially visceral or belly fat, ...

Hydrostatic weighing, also known as underwater weighing, is a method to measure a person's body fat and lean body mass; it involves sitting on a specialized scale in a water tank. It has generally ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...

Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Nayan Bhatia demonstrates Pulse-Fi, technology that uses WiFi signals to measure a person's heart rate. Heart rate is one of the most basic and important ...