New research challenges everything we thought we knew about weight and longevity. Scientific evidence now shows that fitness levels trump BMI when predicting how long you'll live.

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Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

A study has found that, among women with breast cancer, aerobic exercise significantly decreases risk for cardiovascular disease.

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New research published in the European Heart Journal reveals that 'muscle fat' around muscles can increase the risk of death ...

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Health experts have pinpointed four key steps we can all take now to ensure we live longer. While there is never any guarantee over our life expectancy, a number of important contributing factors are ...

As part of an eight-year study of 6,200 men and women, researchers identified four simple steps we can all take now to ...

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