New research from the UK Biobank has uncovered significant differences in how obesity affects bone health in older men and women, potentially changing how healthcare providers approach osteoporosis ...

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...

Scientists have confirmed what women have always known - men become ... and this leads to a higher BMI. 'Men are facing a ...

Science suggests that, in general, straight men not only prefer women with wider hips and smaller waists, but also women with ...

This large cross-sectional study, of 18,575 subjects attending a screening examination center in Israel, evaluated the IOP in men and women with respect to their BMI levels. Overall men had higher ...

The size of human beings has increased over the past century thanks to better health and nutrition — but this change has not ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Women with a waist size over 35 inches and men with a waist larger than 40 inches are at higher risk of developing metabolic diseases, she said. What if your doctor only looks at BMI? Some doctors ...

Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their pear-shaped counterparts, who tend to carry excess weight in the hips, buttocks ...

According to the current definition of "overweight" and "obesity," a ratio of height and weight, both men meet ... them unhealthy. Women's rugby player Ilonah Maher, who has a BMI of 29, told ...

“For the same body mass index, men will tend to have a greater ... It queried whether men are more likely than women to be successful on the popular ketogenic diet. The study came about by ...