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

BMI is just B.S. It doesn’t accurately define what it means to be overweight.

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

Nevada DMV data shows that 61% of SNAP recipients are overweight. The restrictions on candy and sweet drinks are connected to Medicaid cuts from President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." The state ...

Time-varying adherence to five lifestyle domains after hypertension onset correlated with long-term cardiometabolic outcomes, enabling risk stratification beyond blood pressure control. Achieving an ...

The convenience of smart devices has transformed our daily lives, from asking Alexa about the weather to having our fitness trackers monitor our sleep. But beneath this seamless integration of ...

Is it possible to draw conclusions about an adult's physical condition on the basis of their age? The answer is: "It depends.

Waist circumference, not BMI, was tied to increased risk for adiposity-related heart failure, and the association was ...

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 ...

New research suggests that measures of excess weight around the waist (central obesity or visceral fat) may increase the risk ...

Metabolic age is a term that gets thrown around by fitness experts and even medical professionals, but what does it really ...