A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

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Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...

Lizzo had earlier revealed she had lowered her body mass index (BMI) by 10.5 and lost 16% of her body fat since January 2023.

The higher a person’s body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of emergency department visits and readmissions, according to a study ...

Body mass index for men by race categories from the National Health Interview Survey, 1992–1995. Each box corresponds to the interquartile range of the data, the 25th to 75th percentiles, and ...

Doctors should provide high quality, evidence based care reflecting individual preferences and needs, regardless of weight, argue Juan Franco and colleagues Doctors have traditionally recommended ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has been used by medical professionals since the 1990s to classify whether individuals are a healthy ...