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

Some calculations take into account your sex, while others use ratios of certain body measurements to your weight. One tool doctors have long used to measure ideal body weight is body mass index ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

That is why a doctor or another healthcare professional will often chart your body mass index, or BMI, during routine physicals. While BMI and other measurements such as body fat percentage do ...

Body fat is critical to our health as it protects our organs and keeps us warm. Measuring our body fat can also be a good indicator for examining our overall health. Here's everything you need to ...

Players being called "fat". Players being "spied on". Players cutting weight for holidays. Football's body issue explored ...

A lawyer for the defense attempted to poke holes in the testimony of a key witness who said he was assaulted by Thomas.

The controversial aspect involves measuring students’ “body composition,” in which teachers measure students’ height and weight or record the amount of fat in their skin folds, according to the test ...