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

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

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

Researchers found that higher relative fat mass (RFM), a measure of visceral body fat, is significantly associated with ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

High body mass index affects outcomes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), highlighting the need for targeted interventions to improve patient survival rates and treatment efficacy.

Women working permanent night shifts vs. day shifts faced an elevated likelihood for moderate to severe asthma, whereas this ...

Medically reviewed by Danielle Weiss, MD The average weight for women in the United States is about 170 pounds, and the average height is 5 feet 3 inches. While these numbers provide a general ...

Hypertension, cigarette smoking, reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and HIV viral load were modifiable risk factors for primary MACE in patients with HIV on ART.

Of women who said they already have a thigh gap, 65 percent said they would feel fat without it, according to the London research group OnePulse, which surveyed 500 UK women ages 16 to 65 through ...