With a sleek profile — it's almost as thin as most laptops — the Renpho Smart Digital Bathroom Scale has a backlit screen that's handy for those late-night or early-morning weigh-ins. No need to tap ...

Turns out, you can’t outrun diabetes with a low BMI. In a sweeping study of nearly 45,000 participants, researchers set out to determine what drives the progression from prediabetes to diabetes — and ...

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

Consistent aerobics can significantly improve the well-being of people living with HIV, a new study has revealed.According to a study done by Dr Nicholas Mwebaze, a sports scientist, well-structured ...

An international team of doctors proposed a new way to define obesity that's not based solely on BMI. Here's what they ...

The condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, ...

People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

Clinical obesity -- now defined as a state of ongoing illness -- is hallmarked by reduced tissue or organ function due to ...

These numbers are then used to determine your Body Mass Index (BMI). BMI is a standard test in the medical ... There are two different formulas; one for men and one for women. Men: 64 – (20 x ...

Police searching for a missing 24-year-old from Plymouth have found a woman's body. Lacey Lake was last seen in a grey Mercedes as she left Stonehouse, Plymouth on Friday evening, when the ...