A large study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas shows that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a stronger and ...

The Yale team defined BMI-defined obesity using well-established threshold set by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Monitoring your health begins with understanding your body composition, and one of the simplest ways to do that is by using a BMI calculator.

From hormone disruption to heart disease, excess visceral fat has been linked to a wide range of chronic conditions. But ...

Lead author Dr. Thiago Bosco Mendes from the University of Pittsburgh explained, “When we considered traditional risk factors, only waist-to-height ratio continued to predict future heart disease.” ...

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Q: My doctor just told me that I’m now considered obese. A week ago, I wasn’t — and I haven’t gained any weight. What’s going ...

Health, therefore, should not be judged by numbers on a scale but by how well the body functions. There are unhealthy people at normal weights and healthy people who are overweight. The most effective ...

A new study has found that women who experience an increase in waist size during midlife are more likely to develop dementia.

For years, plastic surgeons thought the proportions of a beautiful buttocks should follow the Fibonacci sequence. Now, people ...

More than half of UK adults are thought to have high cholesterol but experts say you can reduce it naturally via diet and ...