Among all the fat profiles identified, the “pancreatic-predominant” and “skinny fat” patterns were most strongly associated ...

Menopause shifts body composition towards lower lean mass and higher central fat, with changes being most pronounced in women ...

Older women with excess body fat, even if they have what's considered a normal body-mass index, could be at greater risk for breast cancer, according to a study published Thursday in the medical ...

A new cross-cultural study involving participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom found that men with a body mass index between 23 and 27 were rated as the most physically attractive.

Rethinking the way we define obesity could help millions of people worldwide, argue a team of researchers who want to introduce a new category of “preclinical” obesity. The current definition of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is often difficult to get a clear picture of your overall health, so experts rely on charts, data, and other measurements to ...

A mouse study shows that beige fat, previously known for its heating function, may also lower blood pressure by keeping blood vessels relaxed. The same may go for brown fat in humans.

The levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Those are ...

I joined a gym in October hoping the scale would fall. Three months, one and a half hours a day, six days a week later, my clothes were looser and my body fat had dropped, but the weighing machine ...