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 ...

The Withings Body Smart scale measures eight key metrics: It’ll tell you your weight, body fat (including visceral fat) and ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KSWO) - The U.S. military is replacing long-standing height-and-weight charts with ‘waist-to-height ratio’ as the primary body-composition standard. A December Department of War memo ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is rolling out significant updates to its physical fitness and body composition requirements starting January 1, 2026. These changes aim to align standards with the physical ...

Background: To investigate the feasibility and clinical validity of a digital anthropometric approach for body size and composition assessment in patients with greater trochanteric pain syndrome and ...

Hormonal shifts drive fat redistribution, muscle loss, and bone decline—all risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women, says Brooke Aggarwal, EdD. Menopause comes with more symptoms than just ...

As obesity rates climb across America, the Army’s new body-composition policy arrives at a critical moment. This is not just a question of appearance; it is a matter of health, readiness, and ...

Background and goal: Although body mass index (BMI) is widely used in clinics as the standard measure of body composition, it can potentially misclassify muscular individuals as overweight and miss ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting obesity-related diseases and death. When you purchase through links on our ...

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...