BMI is a widely used tool for assessing obesity, but it has limitations. It doesn't account for muscle mass, fat distribution or bone density. Experts suggest using it alongside other measures for ...
About 90% of U.S. adults meet the criteria for a newly recognized syndrome that comes from a combination of heart disease, ...
Studies have shown that the obesity rate of children and teenagers in South Korea is consistently on the rise, and a new ...
The latest figures on prostate cancer are shocking: it has officially overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed ...
People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to ...
When she was hospitalised, an almost 17-year-old girl from Perth weighed just 27.3 kilograms – the size of an average ...
This study found that people with long COVID who followed a Mediterranean diet eating pattern had lower levels of uric acid, ...
Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding diagnosis of dementia.
When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For ...
Positive HIV status as well as socioeconomic disadvantages, not breastfeeding, are associated with infant length and birth ...
The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of ...
While it seems like we’re getting slimmer as a population, a new report suggests that’s not necessarily the case: It found ...