A new study indicated that excess fat stored around the waist or visceral fat was more strongly associated with heart failure ...

A Dietician who bluffed her way into a senior NHS job by exaggerating her experience has been struck off after colleagues ...

A Brazilian calculator using up to 12 clinical and laboratory predictors estimates an individual’s 10 year diabetes risk and ...

BMI gives a quick overview of body weight, but it does not account for fat distribution. Waist to Heigh Ratio is a more ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. When it comes to achieving a healthy body weight, some men ...

It's 'definitely not a measure of fatness,' and it doesn't accurately define what it means to be overweight. Body mass index ...

BACKGROUND: Premature atrial contractions (PACs) are independently associated with atrial fibrillation, stroke, and heart ...

Waist-to-hip ratio is another belly fat measure, which may predict heart attack risk better than BMI, especially in women, ...

New research has found that extra abdominal fat is strongly associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Excess belly ...

The new tool could help predict obesity-related health risks earlier and reshape prevention strategies, researchers say. The ...

I consider myself a healthy person. I eat plenty of fruit and veg, am obsessed with fibre, rock climb twice a week and try to squeeze in a lunchtime jog on the days I don’t. But when I recently ...