A new study on the worldwide prevalence of ‘abdominal obesity’ tied belly fat in ‘normal’ weight people to hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol.

Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI A healthy weight and BMI range for adults over age 65 may mean carrying a few ...

At your last physical, your doctor may have recorded your body mass index (BMI). That statistic has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. While it's still helpful, the truth ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...

Lead author Dr. Thiago Bosco Mendes from the University of Pittsburgh explained, “When we considered traditional risk factors ...

For decades, health experts have relied on body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height, to classify people as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. But sometimes, you need more than ...

Adults 65 and older shouldn’t worry about carrying around a few extra pounds, according to British medical experts. A guidance report from the British Dietetic Association, published in November and ...

Last year, my wife started training for the New York City marathon. I couldn’t exactly be ordering in Taco Bell while she was eating clean and running double-digit miles everyday, so I set out to make ...