Before Dolly Parton was a country megastar, she grew up in a poor family in rural Tennessee. She wrote her first song at age 5 and played her first show at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry at 13. Her ...

A Concordia-led research team has created one of the first reference charts showing how children's adipose (fat) and muscle ...

Premenopausal women have a larger increase in mean BMI with increasing age than postmenopausal women, with BMI peaking at ...

BMI was never meant as the sole measure for a person’s health. When we use BMI with an individual patient, it can often ...

The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in ...

Congratulations are in order for Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky. The “What’s My Name?” singer took to social media on Wednesday to share that she has ...

Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.

(CNN) — Since 17-year-old Rehana was a child, she dreamt of supporting her family. An only child to parents struggling to make ends meet in Bangladesh, she says, “I always thought, I have no brother, ...

October 09 : Lucknow: Under the Mission Shakti 5.0 campaign, the Yogi Government has launched a landmark drive against child marriage. During International Girl Child Week (October 3–11), the ‘Bal ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. Since 17-year-old Rehana was a ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – As a lawsuit against Bishop Luers High School and the Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend moves forward in court, attorneys for the plaintiffs are fighting to keep the ...