However, the data showed that while obesity is a risk factor, so is a lack of fitness — even if you’re not clinically obese. The studies suggest that people of healthy, average weight with the lowest ...

Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding ...

In the U.S., the overall average body fat percentage is around 40% for women and 28% for men. Body fat (BF) percentage refers ...

Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), age, body mass index (BMI), and male sex are all associated with development of diabetes.

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

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The study findings reflect a dynamic shift in several myokines and cytokines following moderate continuous exercise in obese ...

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She said she’d still be labeled “morbidly obese” on the BMI scale and men on the internet would still call her “big backed,” but at the time, she predicted she’d be “happy” once ...

The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised as too simplistic, in part because it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Currently, anyone with a BMI of ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new report argues that body mass index or BMI is ...