A new study suggests that body shape, specifically the degree of roundness around the abdomen, may help predict the risk of ...

Modeling isn’t just a matter of strutting your stuff on the catwalk—it also means that you need mathematical precision when it comes to taking your body measurements. Having precise measurements is ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...

Tokyo-based online fashion retailer ZOZO launched its ZOZOSUIT 2 in October. The body-measuring jumpsuit is the second version of the idea after the retailer’s first iteration failed to capture a ...

Discover the Hume Body Pod: a smart wellness device with multi-frequency sensors measuring body composition, muscle, fat, and ...

Hydrostatic weighing, also known as underwater weighing or hydrodensitometry, is one of the most accurate ways to measure body fat. It was considered the gold standard for measuring body composition ...

The Lilliputian tailors measure Gulliver for a new suit of clothing, from Part I of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." (1726) Illustration (1909) by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) Source: Alamy stock ...

All sorts of electronic devices claim to assess your fitness. Do any of them actually work? Pennington Biomedical Research Center is giving one of them a thumbs up. The body composition feature of the ...

While we often focus on the number on the scale, it is really our body fat percentage that tells us just how healthy and fit ...

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...

The Army is wrapping up research on how best to measure a soldier's body fat -- but the service's controversial tape test might not be dead yet. The Army is in the midst of totally revamping health ...

Google recently received FDA approval for its body temperature feature. The Pixel 8 Pro’s thermometer works by measuring the infrared radiation your body emits and then puts the results through an ...