The Pentagon on Monday issued a memo directing the U.S. military to evaluate the body fat of troops using a waist-to-height ...

To pass the new standards, a service member’s waist measurement can be only slightly more than half of their height.

As many people begin the year with health and fitness resolutions, Boise State University’s Human Performance Laboratory is ...

BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters, and it usually does not ...

"Further to this, BMI cannot assess for visceral fat, and someone with a normal BMI may not have an accurate depiction of ...

Seasoned child health and nutritional experts have cautioned parents against using body size alone as a measure of a child’s ...

The Withings Body Scan 2 is a smart scale with a handle and sensors to measure cardiovascular health. It will launch later ...

Those with a high BMI may face heightened risks of the various health complications linked with excess weight or obesity, ...

The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Body composition offers a clearer picture of health than ...

An advanced smart scale, Withings claims the Body Scan 2 should be of particular interest to those going through ...

The Pentagon is shifting from height and weight tables and replacing them with a waist-to-height ratio methodology.