Body roundness index, or BRI, is gaining prominence as a way of predicting one's health risk by taking into account more than just a person's height and weight, which are the sole factors used to ...

According to doctors and dietitians, BRI may essentially be the same inaccurate measure in different clothing.

While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person’s health, used by doctors and health insurers alike, a ...

Visceral fat, which tends to be concentrated deep in the abdominal region around important internal organs and leads to ...

Our body mass index is categorized into underweight, normal, overweight, and obese based on data largely from white ...

Liraglutide has been found to safely reduce BMI in children aged 6 to under 12, offering a potential new treatment for pediatric obesity. The obesity medication liraglutide was found to be safe and ...

By week 56, kids, ages 6 to <12 years, on once-daily 3-mg liraglutide lost 5.8% of BMI compared with a 1.6% gain with ...

Discover the potential of Body Roundness Index, a new health metric that accounts for race and gender, to provide more accurate information than BMI ...

The cast and filmmaker from Toronto International Film Festival drama “The Cut” stopped by the Los Angeles Times Studios at RBC House to talk about the film and how body image issues have ...

When it comes to tracking weight loss and overall health, two metrics often come into play: body mass index (BMI) and body fat percentage. Both are frequently mentioned in fitness and health circles, ...

Elon Musk has sparked outrage after he voiced interest in a sexist theory suggesting a “Republic of high-status males” should set up a democracy “only for those who are free to think”.

Experts explain the ways in which muscle and fat both play important roles in our bodies, and the role each can have on ...