A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Women with higher levels of body fat sometimes struggle to conceive and can face greater health risks during pregnancy.

Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

Obesity and heart failure often go together, making treatment more complicated. Now, health experts have released new ...

The number of overweight and obese adults in India is expected to rise from 180 million in 2021 to an 449 million by 2050.

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...

But it’s taking neither seriously. Despite the fact that more than 64% of people in the UK are either overweight or obese our ...

Obese workers are more likely to take more sick days than those of normal weight, according to a study by the Institute for ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

They pointed out that BMI can classify some people with a “normal” BMI, even when they have a high percentage of body fat. A ...

A new algorithm enables smartwatch fitness trackers to more accurately monitor energy expenditure of people with obesity ...