Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

It’s important to help our kids maintain a healthy weight. But sometimes well-intentioned interventions can cause more harm ...

A WOMAN who’s lost a staggering four stone on weight loss injections has hit back at trolls who have slammed her for ...

Study conducted by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) and WHO. Findings part of first global analysis of trends in both ...

Whether you’re working towards fitness goals, keeping an eye on your weight, or just curious about your health, our calculator can help. BMI is a valuable measure that reveals if your weight falls ...

On average, women tend to have higher body fat percentages than men, including at the same BMI. This is likely due to differences ... A professional athlete, for example, will likely have a much lower ...

Experts have started thinking more broadly about what puts a person at risk for heart disease, still the leading killer in the U.S.

In the U.S., women live an average of ... Insurers often use the Body Mass Index (BMI) as a tool to gauge your overall health in relation to your weight and height, applying their own build chart to ...

The study highlights BMI's role in mediating genetic risk for diseases, suggesting a complex relationship with conditions ...

Conflicting data aside, contraception experts agree that ulipristal acetate, or ella, is a more effective option for people ...

For decades, researchers from all obesity-related disciplines have been observing the escalating prevalence of people living ...