VMPL New Delhi [India] October 10 Maintaining a healthy weight is essential for overall well-being and one of the most ...

Not all fat is equal, either. Our bodies contain white fat, brown fat, and beige fat. While white fat stores energy, brown fat helps burn calories. Beige fat tissue contains a mixture of the two. And ...

Keeping up with our health and finances can often seem impossible in today’s fast-paced world. We’re always balancing our ...

A higher body roundness index (BRI) trajectory is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Evidence ...

You've probably heard the term BMI (body mass index). It's based on height and weight ... including how much muscle you have or where fat resides in your body. (Deep belly fat, or visceral ...

Some are now calling for the Department of Energy to redirect a portion of the money earmarked to build direct-air-capture ...

Our body mass index is categorized into underweight ... Then, in the 1950s, life insurance companies started estimating people’s body fat—and their risk of death—by comparing their weights ...

BMI, a common measure for categorizing weight, falls short in predicting health risks, such as diabetes and heart disease, ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a widely-used screening tool to estimate body fat using height and weight. It categorizes people as ...

The Body Roundness Index, formulated in 2013, is now being considered a better tool than Body Mass Index to assess potential ...

The new buzz word now, is BRI or the Body Roundness Index. Devised by U.S. mathematician ... and calculates percent body fat: the calculator shows you an egg-like outline, with a green region ...

Scientists are turning to a novel way to calculate obesity using a system known as the Body Roundness Index, which is touted ... distinguish between muscle and fat, for example; so an individual ...