New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

While high BMI is a well-established risk factor for these cancers, the global, regional, and national burden attributable to high BMI remains underexplored. To address this, the researchers ...

South Asians have a four-times greater risk of heart disease compared to the general population. While traditional risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol are ...

Monitoring your health begins with understanding your body composition, and one of the simplest ways to do that is by using a BMI calculator.

The Yale team defined BMI-defined obesity using well-established threshold set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatric ...

Objectives Disease activity assessment is important for Crohn’s disease (CD) management, since it involves the initial and subsequent therapeutic schedule. The purpose of this study is to identify a ...

In general, people are considered to be at a healthy weight if their BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. A BMI of 25 or more is considered overweight, while a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obesity.

Susan Thorp receives and has received research funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the TIAA Institute (USA), IFM, and from UniSuper and ...

and BMR calculator are online tools used to evaluate health metrics. The BMI calculator helps you know if your weight is healthy for your height. BMR calculator tells you how many calories your body ...

SEOUL, South Korea — For teenage girls, the gap between reality and perception when it comes to body weight might be more psychologically harmful than actual obesity itself. A large-scale study of ...