BMI (body mass index) has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. The truth is a little more ...

When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to calculate whether someone is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight or obese. But because BMI calculations can't tell the difference between body ...

Malnutrition can impact quality of life and survival of patients with liver disease. If you can improve malnutrition, you can ...

The five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease are well known—smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and underweight or overweight/obesity. All increase the ...

A new study reveals that one-third of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis experience growth and pubertal disturbances ...