He lost 40 pounds with intermittent fasting and weight training. How much would shedding 10 more pounds to achieve a Body ...

Science suggests that, in general, straight men not only prefer women with wider hips and smaller waists, but also women with ...

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

The Body Mass Index (BMI) helps in calculating the height-to-weight ratio of a person. The score determines if a person is at his/her healthy weight or needs to shed or gain more kilos. A BMI ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

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

According to the current definition of "overweight" and "obesity," a ratio of height and weight, both men meet those standards. But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and ...

And people with high muscle mass — football players or other athletes — may have a high BMI despite normal fat mass. Under the new criteria, about 20% of people who used to be classified as ...