Muscle and fat weigh the same in pounds. The biggest difference between the two is that muscle is denser, making a person ...

Turkey’s new public health campaign weighs citizens in public to fight rising obesity, aiming to assess 10 million people and promote healthier lifestyles by July 10. Read on... , Health News - Times ...

Women prioritise their health at all stages of life. The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a vital metric for tracking physical health ...

In a bid to combat rising obesity rates, Turkey has launched a nationwide health initiative that involves weighing citizens in public spaces and urging those found overweight to slim down, reported ...

Personal exposure to nitrogen dioxide and the oxidative potential of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), but not PM2.5 mass, ...

Not all children grow the same way. A new study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program ...

A new study published in the journal of Rheumatology revealed that individuals with type 2 diabetes and higher body mass ...

In India, the incidence of overweight and obesity is increasing, with recent estimates showing that 24% of women and 23% of men are overweight or obese. With lifestyle-based diseases on the rise, it ...

Heart failure is a progressive condition that occurs when the heart muscle is damaged and can no longer pump enough blood and oxygen to the body’s other organs. It’s extremely common in the US, with ...

“BRI has been found to be superior in estimating risk for clinical endpoints including cardiometabolic disease, kidney ...

Body composition, like excess adiposity and muscle mass, has been shown to be associated with the risk of diseases including ...

Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) during adolescence play an important role in the association between air pollution exposure ...