Body weight significantly influenced right heart function and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension, with both extremes ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...

Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

A new cross-cultural study involving participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom found that men with a body ...

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...