High levels of “hidden” fat known as visceral fat may put you at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease up to two decades before ...

Objectives The impact of body mass index (BMI) on cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unclear. RA ...

For the past decade, the body mass index formula has been used to deny or delay abortion care, despite researchers finding ...

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work?

Rising rates of heart disease are claiming more lives each year, and researchers now believe a lesser-known body measure may offer clues about your future heart health. In recent findings from a large ...

For decades, body mass index has been the go-to metric for defining healthy weight ranges, but its usefulness as a reliable ...

A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

While research suggests having a higher weight may increase your risk for certain conditions, people can be healthy at every ...

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

BMI fails to measure the fat levels and where it is deposited around the body. The study found that an extra 4 inches or 11 cm on the waist increased men's risk of cancer by 25 per cent.