Doctors typically use several different metrics to decide your healthy weight range, such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition, and waist-to-hip ratio. What is the ...

A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded ...

A global group of experts has suggested a new approach to diagnosing and treating obesity that does not rely solely on the ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery—particularly those who were at a ...

Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

In the meantime, Sahakian and Langley recommend some cereals that can be gr-r-reat for your brain. The pair’s research found a link between muesli, bran, wheat and oat cereals and increased gray ...