Testing dozens of the best bathroom scales over the past year has completely changed how I think about them. A device that ...

Many people think about their weight as a number they see at a single moment, such as during a doctor’s visit. Doctors often ...

For decades, U.S. investors have exhibited a pronounced home-country bias. That bias shows up in portfolios that overweight U.S. equities relative to their share of global market capitalization.

When you go into your doctor’s office for a physical, the first thing they will do is have you step on the scale to check ...

Why childhood obesity is becoming a cause for concern in a country that now ranks second globally for kids who are overweight ...

New research published in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases finds that marijuana use is associated with a modestly reduced risk of several metabolic disorders, with the relationship ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

A recent study found that two 'simple' eating habits are associated with lower weight and staying lean over time. This ...

A simple calculation may do a better job than body mass index (BMI) at flagging the risk of high blood pressure, according to ...

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

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

“While stress and BMI have long been recognized as independent predictors of puberty, few studies have examined how they ...