When it comes to measuring your health status or fitness level, there’s no shortage of metrics out there, which makes ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat ...

Reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us that more than two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, and the numbers keep climbing in our children. Although we ...

Testing dozens of the best bathroom scales over the past year has completely changed how I think about them. A device that once felt like a simple tool for tracking weight now sits much closer to the ...

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...

BMI is still commonly used to assess obesity even though research has shown it's not necessarily a reliable metric. A new study proposes doctors instead use technology that can measure body fat. Body ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The desire to be the lean owner of a visible set of abs is hardly a new goal for men, both in and out of the fitness world. For ...