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

Despite the success of drugs like Ozempic (semaglutide) in promoting both weight loss and longer life, doubt remains about the role of body mass index (BMI) at older ages. Many studies have shown that ...

Researchers have established in a new study that the weight-adjusted waist index is a much better predictor of age-related ...

Cancer survivors can reduce their ongoing risk of death by sticking to diet and exercise guidelines recommended by the ...

Finding the best weight loss supplements for women (or anyone, really) can be like finding a needle in a haystack — except ...

Researchers have found in a new research that switching from ticagrelor to clopidogrel in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients showed improved clinical outcomes in individuals with a ...

The study focused on survivors of obesity-related cancers “due to the significant role of lifestyle factors in their ...

The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep ...

A woman diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer has told the BBC the NHS said her Body Mass Index (BMI) was too high to discuss surgery. Rosemarie Winfield, 44, from Hailsham in East Sussex, was ...

For the past decade, the body mass index formula has been used to deny or delay abortion care, despite researchers finding little evidence of increased adverse outcomes based on higher body weight ...

A YOUNG woman has revealed that she lost five and a half stone after using fat jabs for nine months. Bethany Diana, 27, ...