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

The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...

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 ...

A comprehensive review found that being out of shape greatly increased the risk of dying prematurely — regardless of age or ...

A day after international experts proposed a new approach to define obesity by looking beyond body mass index (BMI), Indian ...

Criticisms about the BMI maintain that it was developed on data only from men, most of them White, and doesn’t account for racial, ethnic, age, sex and gender diversity. Even Olympic athletes can be ...

The perfect breakfast for weight loss isn't about the food itself, but rather the energy it provides - and there's a certain ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

Studies have revealed that there is an ideal breakfast you can eat in order to help you lose weight - and it's nothing to do with the food itself. The study shows the ideal breakfast should provide 20 ...

The term overweight is no more a part of the India-specific obesity guidelines that were revised after nearly 15 years and ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been a controversial health measurement for ... with work appearing in Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Self, Glamour, and more. She has a master’s degree from American ...

A more comprehensive multiethnic genetic risk score strongly predicted new cases of type 2 diabetes, including for people without the traditional risk factors of excess fat and high blood sugar.