Beyond perpetuating stigma for higher-weight people, unnecessary mentions of body size can create real harm by pressuring people to try to change their body through dieting or other means. Studies ...

Key points. Your natural weight, like your shoe size, is and based on your body’s unique genetics and structure. Trying to force your body to a weight it doesn’t naturally maintain can cause harm.

The “healthy” body mass index (BMI) ranges from 18.5 to 24.9. However, BMI is not a one-size-fits-all concept. BMI is a tool researchers often use to track obesity at the population level ...

Body composition can tell you different facts about your health, but there are specific ways to measure it properly. Here, experts share what you need to know.

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

Adult women generally need between 1,600 and 2,400 calories per day, and adult men between 2,000 and 3,000 calories. Taller, heavier, or more active people will be at the higher end of each range.

Backed by state Rep. Sophie Phillips, a Bear Democrat, House Bill 115 would ban discrimination against one’s “height, weight or body size in transportation, public accommodation, housing ...