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

Blood pressure numbers indicate the pressure measured when your heart beats (systolic), and in between the beats (diastolic). Less than 120/80 (one hundred twenty over eighty) is considered normal. A ...

The study could not account for other mediators of cardiovascular risk and breastfeeding, such as social determinants of ...

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

If you are underweight, you face bone loss, immunity troubles, heart ailments, feeling tired, irregular menstrual cycles and ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

BMI is a formula that uses a person's height and weight ratio to assess whether they're underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese, although it is not a direct measure of body fat.

Queensland-based Sarah Cox recalls that in 2018, her doctor advised her to lose weight because her body mass index (BMI) was too high, despite her feeling healthy and experiencing no physical ...