People classed as “overweight” according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat, and physicians are finally using them ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

This easy test can help you get a gauge on your VO2 max—without a watch. Every day as I peruse through the mountain of ...

Waist-to-height ratio outperforms BMI in predicting heart disease risk, particularly among people who are not classified as ...

Researchers have quantified the role of obesity in common long-term conditions, showing for the first time the effect of ...