For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

Using a bathroom scale to monitor your body is an easy way to manage your overall health. We've rounded up the best bathroom ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have developed a new way to measure whether a person is too fat without having people step on the scale. The new measure, called the Body Adiposity Index, or BAI, relies ...

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI). The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among ...

A new report recommends doctors stop using Body Mass Index to diagnose obesity because it isn't nuanced enough. Doctors should consider a patient's overall health instead of their weight, it said. A ...

Thinking about getting in better shape for the summer months ahead? Then we've got a very helpful tool to help you on your fitness journey. Walmart is offering the best seller FITINDEX smart digital ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- FitTrack has grown in popularity as it helps maintain proper body weight by keeping track of body composition. It is a smart scale that has the look of a regular ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the ...

If a research group today conducted a study on a single gender or ethnic group, critics would be quick to point out that its findings couldn’t reasonably be applied to anyone outside of that gender or ...