In A Nutshell A study of more than 19,000 Americans found that a waist-to-height ratio showed stronger links to high blood ...

Slim doesn’t mean fit, and a normal weight doesn’t qualify you as healthy. An expert shared her insights on ‘normal weight ...

A new study suggests that one of the most widely used health metrics, BMI, may be getting it wrong for a large portion of the ...

A sweeping review shows that while calorie intake and BMI often appear normal in people with alcohol use disorder, poor diet quality, hidden deficiencies, and flawed assessment tools may be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Postmenopausal women with normal BMI may improve CVD risk by maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This includes ...

Current body mass index classification may overestimate the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among the general population.

A new study suggests an alternative to BMI for assessing heart failure risk, showing that fat location matters more than ...

A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Nutrition, offers new ...

Last year, my wife started training for the New York City marathon. I couldn’t exactly be ordering in Taco Bell while she was eating clean and running double-digit miles everyday, so I set out to make ...

Obesity is by far the most common risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but one in five people diagnosed with the disease are of a normal weight. A new test promises a novel way to estimate diabetes risk ...