Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work?

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...

To prevent muscle loss, more physicians are emphasizing the importance of fat loss vs weight loss for patients taking GLP-1 ...

Skinfold calipers are instruments used to measure the thickness of your skin, which can help determine body fat percentage. Using skinfold calipers to assess body composition is often a popular ...

Doctors think this may be because it’s a more accurate way to measure belly fat, including the most harmful type, visceral fat (fat around your organs). To find out your body composition ...

which is a crappy measure of health or illness ... To get around BMI’s limitations, doctors have turned to more precise ...

A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

New research presented at the Congress on Obesity reveals significant differences in body composition among people with similar BMIs, showing higher fat in central regions and reduced muscle mass in ...