People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

Researchers found that women with high levels of intermuscular fat had an ‘especially high risk’ of heart attack or failure, ...

Most people know that body fat stored around the midsection can spell disaster for cardiovascular health. But Harvard ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.

The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) is set to discuss the introduction of a body mass index (BMI) requirement of ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to ...

New study finds further evidence that existing measures, such as body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference, are not ...

According to the study, for every 1% increase in fatty muscle fraction, there was a 2% increased risk of CMD and a 7% ...

While 'fatty marbling', or flecks of fat running through meat, is commercially valued in livestock, little is known about ...

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight ...