It’s a great day for those with a ‘dad bod,’ because according to a new study, it’s the body type women find most attractive.

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

Researchers say they have a better way to measure weight than BMI - The cost-effective option is already found in some ...

For many people, no matter what doctor you're seeing, the routine is essentially the same. You enter the room, sit down on the medical exam paper, get your blood pressure taken, then step on the scale ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC ...

ABSTRACT: The body mass index (BMI) is a medical risk factor that has been in use since 1972 to identify degrees of weightiness, in particular obesity and severe underweight. Over the past few years ...

Giving birth to a child after the age of 40 is becoming more common, but it can entail an increased risk to the child.

Background Immune-mediated processes leading to childhood type 1 diabetes may begin in fetal life. We hypothesised that a ...

A recent study has shown that napping during certain hours of the day could be associated with an increased risk of death.

GIRLS actress Jenny Mollen has revealed she was rushed to hospital following a terrifying reaction to a fat-dissolving ...

It is a question often asked but rarely answered clearly: does having larger breasts increase your risk of breast cancer?