Researchers say they have a better way to measure weight than BMI - The cost-effective option is already found in some ...

It’s a great day for those with a ‘dad bod,’ because according to a new study, it’s the body type women find most attractive.

But a new study says it might be time to toss that metric aside for good. CNN reported that researchers from the University of Florida analyzed data from over 4,200 adults and found that BMI may ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC ...

ABSTRACT: The body mass index (BMI) is a medical risk factor that has been in use since 1972 to identify degrees of weightiness, in particular obesity and severe underweight. Over the past few years ...

Giving birth to a child after the age of 40 is becoming more common, but it can entail an increased risk to the child.

Background Immune-mediated processes leading to childhood type 1 diabetes may begin in fetal life. We hypothesised that a ...

It is a question often asked but rarely answered clearly: does having larger breasts increase your risk of breast cancer?

Learn about the risks of heat-related illness and overuse injuries in children participating in sports during the summer ...

New University of Florida study finds body fat percentage is 78% more accurate than body mass index in predicting mortality risk, challenging the long-standing use of BMI as a health indicator.

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...