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

The researchers calculated fat stored in muscles through the ratio of intermuscular fat to total muscle plus fat, and termed ...

People have different perceptions of how a fit person should look. You need to have a lean and athletic look to your body for ...

New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Researchers highlight that having a normal BMI does not always indicate good health, as high body fat can increase the risk ...

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

Higher cardiovascular health (Life’s Essential 8 scores) is linked to greater bone mineral density in adults aged 20–59, with ...

A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.

Skeletal muscle fat infiltration (IMAT) is linked to coronary microvascular dysfunction and increased cardiovascular risk, ...

In some cases, using BMI can result in "muscular athletes" being labeled as obese, he noted, and people with "normal" BMI can sometimes have "harmful" levels of visceral (abdominal) fat.