As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

Maintaining a healthy weight is an essential part of overall well-being. But while most health conversations revolve around ...

Children’s eating habits are strongly influenced by their parents' weight status, with those having overweight or obese ...

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

We break down the history behind BMI and how body fat percentage relates to your health. Read more to get a better ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

Genetic study in Indian children reveals socioeconomic status significantly influences genetic susceptibility to childhood ...

Patients with and without obesity experienced significant pain reductions and improved functioning following telerehabilitation for chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Obesity was associated with improved overall survival (OS) after curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly those who did not have low sk ...

Ferritin levels were elevated among patients with PCOS, but less so among those with hyperandrogenism compared with those without hyperandrogenism.