Monitoring your health begins with understanding your body composition, and one of the simplest ways to do that is by using a BMI calculator.

The current BMI calculation gives tall people the short end of the stick, an Oxford mathematician says. Body mass index, or BMI, has long been used as the quickest measure of whether a person’s weight ...

The start of a new year for many means the start of a new health and fitness journey. Claire Edgemon, senior registered dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine, provides insight on how knowing your ...

Try comparing yourself to the rest of the world. Sure, research shows that North Americans are the fattest people on Earth. But everyone else is getting bigger as well, and there's something ...

It is difficult to have a successful weight-loss journey if you don't know your destination. This post is dedicated to helping you answer a surprisingly difficult question: What is my ideal weight? A ...