Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) has limitations as it doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat, leading to misclassification of ...

Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their ...

Where you store fat, as opposed to how much you have, may be a bigger risk factor for colon cancer, a study published in JAMA ...

BMI over 30 is considered obese. But those having excess fat may not have a BMI 30, which shows under-diagnosis of people and ...

A group of international doctors, including those from the University Hospitals of Geneva, says the body mass <a ...

The air that women breathe up to three months before they become pregnant can have an effect on the future baby’s size. A ...

Can you carry extra pounds yet still be considered fit and healthy? It’s a question that has been posed by doctors for years.

Election Special, we traveled to Shahdara, where voters raised concerns about dirty tap water and broken roads.

During their pregnancies, Jane* and Belle* had no health complications. Their blood work? Perfect. Every test set before them, they passed with flying colours. And yet, they were treated as "high risk ...

Men on the Isle of Wight have collectively lost over one tonne of excess weight in 2024, thanks to MAN v FAT football clubs.

Do people with obesity have a disease? Experts believe it should be split into two categories -- and diagnosed using accurate ...