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

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) is widely used to assess the prevalence of childhood obesity in populations, and to infer risk of subsequent obesity-related disease. However, BMI does not ...

Fat-free mass (FFM), also known as lean body mass, is the portion of your body that is not fat. It basically consists of the muscle, bones, organs, and body water, and is measured in kilograms per ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

Body composition refers to the amount of fat and fat-free mass (muscle, bone, ... Consuming a diet rich in protein has been shown to reduce fat while preserving lean body mass.

This is why trainers such as Washington, D.C., strength and conditioning coach Gabe Free are more interested in measuring your body composition, which looks at lean body mass compared with body ...

More information: Kannan Sridharan et al, Is fat‐free mass‐based gentamicin dosing regimen preferable than whole‐body weight in neonates?, Pediatric Investigation (2023). DOI: 10.1002/ped4.12386 ...

April 8, 2011 — -- A new way to tell how fat a person is without having to step on a scale may replace Body Mass Index, a measure that hasn't been updated for nearly 200 years. Body Mass ...

Measurements: weight, BMI, body fat percentage, body water percentage, bone mass, muscle mass, visceral fat, basal metabolic rate, metabolic age, subcutaneous fat, protein, fat-free body weight ...

That said, it's possible to lose body fat while retaining—and even increasing—your muscle mass at the same time. But you'll need to pay special attention to two things: resistance training and ...