Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in ...

THE infamous beer belly – something you might joke about with your mates or have prodded by your partner with a wink. You ...

Researchers found that higher relative fat mass (RFM), a measure of visceral body fat, is significantly associated with ...

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...

Better than BMI: bioelectrical impedance analysis, or BIA, which uses undetectable electric currents that measure body fat, lean muscle mass, and water weight.

The average U.S. male adult teetered on the verge of being obese. And the average U.S. female adult tipped the scale into obesity. Meanwhile, as children entered their teens, their average weight ...

While waist circumference is a better tool than BMI, it's not as accurate as bioelectrical impedance analysis.

While waist circumference is a better tool than BMI, it's not as accurate as bioelectrical impedance analysis. - Ralf Geithe/iStockphoto/Getty Images ...