Think the fitness tests you did in gym class were tough? The U.S. military has been putting its service members through the ...

The frustration that many plus size shoppers like myself feel when thrifting is compounded by how necessary it feels to shop ...

ANSWER: The body mass index (BMI, which the chart was probably derived from) is a tool used to estimate body shape.

Both men and women lose height with aging, much of which is the loss of fluid and height of the intervertebral discs (the ...

As you age, you lose muscle and gain visceral fat around your organs. Scientists say your visceral fat to muscle ratio may ...

BOSTON — A major shift in how doctors define obesity could fundamentally reshape medical practice, according to groundbreaking research analyzing health data from over 300,000 Americans. Scientists ...

Millions of Britons who have been told they are perfectly healthy could in fact be obese, scientists have revealed. Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 ...

Researchers often use average (mean) sizes in men to assess the general health of the male population. "Average" doesn't necessarily mean "good" or optimal, and oftentimes it's just the opposite. In ...

At some point in our lives, we've all wished to have toned, chiselled abs. Some of us have worked hard, but the journey has been challenging, we'd all agree. But apart from the aesthetic appeal, your ...

In a new study, researchers at King’s College London (KCL) also found a relationship between fat and psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin condition that affects about 1.8 million people in the UK ...

ROME — Skip the bathroom scale. Scientists say a simple tape measure around your waist might be the best predictor of how your body will hold up as you get older. A study of nearly 11,000 people found ...