The Latest Breaking News from Body Fat

Spend some time scrolling social media and you’re all-but-guaranteed to see an ad promising to help you with targeted fat loss. These ads promote a concept known as “spot reduction”, claiming you can burn fat in a specific body area, usually the belly, with specially designed exercises or workouts.

Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels.

Doctors found a novel gene mutation in two siblings with the same rare disorder.

Could a smartphone app be the key to hitting your nutritional needs and reaching your riding goals?

Researchers find one-third of normal-weight individuals are actually obese based on body fat percentage.

A new policy creates an important opportunity to review the current use of BMI in healthcare settings.

The high-tech Withings Body Comp smart scale goes a step beyond standard with vascular age and nerve health measurements

Many people start going to the gym in the hopes of achieving what has long been seen as the holy grail of health and fitness: six-pack abdominal muscles (abs). But as many people who have tried will attest – including celebrities, such as comedian Eric André – this can be…

Body mass index has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health – and often still is. But earlier this month, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy that cautions medical professionals from using the body mass index (BMI) as a stand-alone clinical tool…