A research team at Osaka University, Japan has developed a new system to estimate a person’s biological age—a measure of how ...

Lean body mass and body fat are the two primary components of your body. Although the terms "muscle mass" and "lean body mass ...

The two-year test may bring the Navy - and perhaps the other services - closer to scientific consensus on the best way to ...

We all know that we age as time goes by, what may come as a surprise is that according to new studies, each of our organs ...

This Body Shape Calculator will surely tell you – your actual body shape. Go ahead and measure yourself and fill in the body shape calculator correctly to get the real picture. Along with this, ...

These devices do more than just display your weight -- they also measure key data points like body fat percentage, muscle mass and heart rate. They also sync seamlessly with apps like Apple Health ...

Body mass index is a measure that provides insight into body fat by comparing an individual's height and weight. This ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

Put simply, your body fat percentage is a measure of the proportion of fat mass in your body. It is the total mass of fat, divided by total body mass, times by 100. If you weigh 100kg and have ...

Modern bathroom scales have not only moved from the mechanical to the electronic, they also gather body composition measurements and pack significant computing power. Yet they’re a piece of ...

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 ...