New research has shown how boys being overweight in early childhood or having chickenpox or another infectious disease in ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Key results The average age of the children was 10 years. Most studies reported the body mass index (BMI) z score: BMI is a measure of body fat and is calculated by dividing weight (in kilograms) by ...