Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...

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

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered the body type that women find most attractive.

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

Working long hours may do more than tire you out. It could silently raise your blood pressure. Know what a top cardiologist ...

Obesity is associated with financial hardship and food insecurity, according to a research letter published online June 24 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Simar S. Bajaj, from the Stanford ...

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

Background Immune-mediated processes leading to childhood type 1 diabetes may begin in fetal life. We hypothesised that a ...

THOUSANDS are set to qualify for a huge publicly funded medical treatment from today. Tanaiste Simon Harris shared the news ...