The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

As the UK's population continues to age, obesity and obesity-related diseases are an increasing burden on the NHS. However, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . No difference was observed between in-person and remotely measured height and weight for children with obesity.

BATON ROUGE – The increased popularity of telehealth and telemedicine in recent years has provided a new level of accessibility for patients to visit doctors and learn more about their health. Certain ...

As muscle mass declines and abdominal fat rises with age, BMI can be misleading. A new study finds waist-to-height ratio ...

When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer spits out your body mass index (BMI) number.

Soldiers who hit the weights a little too hard, or maybe over-indulged during the holidays leading to a bit of weight gain, can find themselves failing the U.S. Army’s height and weight standards.

The Army is considering allowing soldiers who score a 540 or above on their Army Combat Fitness Test to be exempt from height and weight standards — which Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston said ...