Neck circumference signals risks for heart and metabolic disease. Even normal BMI doesn’t eliminate these risks. For many ...

The average waist size for men in the U.S. is 40.6 inches. This is also the threshold experts use to define abdominal obesity ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist urges people to know a key body measurement that's associated with cardiovascular disease and predicts mortality.

South Asians have a four-times greater risk of heart disease compared to the general population. While traditional risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol are ...

What’s the circumference of your neck? No idea? That’s fair enough – but according to some experts, it might be worth getting to know your neck size. That’s because it could be a better indicator of ...

Research led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University finds that regional fat distribution exerts distinct effects on brain ...

Using a BMI cutoff for total ankle arthroplasty may restrict access to care for patients who would do well with surgery, ...

Underweight adolescent BMI was associated with an increased risk for osteoporosis in adulthood, with a stronger association among men.

In a session at India Today Conclave, senior endocrinologist Dr. Shashank Joshi explained that Indians usually appear slim ...

Based at the University of Bristol, Children of the 90s, also known as Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), is a world-leading birth cohort study. Between April 1991 and December ...