A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

The urgent directive follows alarming findings by Lancet, the British medical journal, that projected a surge in overweight ...

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

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

Costa Rica is facing a growing obesity crisis, with two-thirds of adults overweight or obese. A longtime expat reflects on ...

Abdominal fat mass index was strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea risk across demographic subgroups, including racial and BMI categories.

The global prevalence of OA attributed to high BMI has steadily increased over the past 3 decades, particularly among women and in high-SDI regions.

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

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

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...

Multimodal AOMs were associated with the highest preoperative weight loss among patients with high BMI undergoing bariatric surgery.