There’s no such thing as an ideal weight, but there are many ways to determine if your body is in a healthy zone.

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 ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals. However ...

If you ask someone today what a “healthy weight” looks like, you’ll probably get a very different answer than you would have ten years ago. Doctors, researchers, and everyday people are all rethinking ...

There are various types of body composition tests (more on these below). Still, each one measures the percentages of fat and fat-free mass (muscle and bone) in the body. Knowing these percentages can ...

How much does your weight really say about your health? Probably less than you think. You could eat your five-a-day, hit the gym regularly, have textbook blood pressure and cholesterol levels—and ...

Following a high-protein diet can help you burn more calories, as protein takes more energy to digest. Losing weight requires decreasing calorie intake and increasing activity to create a calorie ...

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 ...