A large study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas shows that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a stronger and ...

Assam Police has recorded a further decline in the number of personnel falling under the 'obese' category in its annual Body ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

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

Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (Viking) (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced the ...

Autism spectrum disorder affects up to 1 per cent of children globally, leading to social communication and behavioral ...

Higher maternal BMI before pregnancy is linked to increased risks of epilepsy and intellectual disability in young children, ...

In a video, the two doctors refer to something called the string test. It involves taking a piece of string, standing on one ...

The risk for new-onset respiratory conditions was significantly raised among veterans deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, ...

Adolescents who achieved a BMI reduction of at least 10% at 26 weeks with a reduced-calorie diet had significant decreases in ...

BMI doesn’t account for fat distribution or distinguish between harmful, visceral fat and protective, subcutaneous fat. By ...

Ikonopedia, a leader in breast imaging reporting and tracking solutions, today announced significant growth in adoption of its Risk Aware™ ...