However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

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

Humans with relatively more fat hidden in and around their muscles face a higher risk of death or hospitalization from heart ...

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

Increased intermuscular fat, not BMI, was independently associated with coronary microvascular function and major adverse CV ...

Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery – particularly those who were at a healthy body mass index (BMI) before surgery, reports a paper in the ...

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

One woman experienced this firsthand, and it was a disheartening realization. In the "Dear Prudence" advice column for Slate, ...

Researchers found that women with high levels of intermuscular fat had an ‘especially high risk’ of heart attack or failure, ...

Limitations to the study included a lack of serum urate measurements and the potential for residual confounding; people's ...