While driving to or from work in the past few years, have you noticed more runners? And have you noticed that most of the runners are women? Northeast Pennsylvania seems to have been contributing to a ...

Body mass index, or BMI, is a way to estimate whether a person is at a healthy weight for his or her height. Although the measure isn't a perfect indicator of a person's overall health, it's an easy ...

When chasing PBs, the traditional approach is the same for men and women; train well and aim to get down to ‘race weight’. However, a three year long study has revealed that though less weight may ...

High BMI may raise ovarian cancer risk in premenopausal women due to hormonal imbalance and insulin resistance. Maintaining a healthy body weight is not superficial, it goes skin deep. It is essential ...

Body Mass Index is a measure of body weight to the square of your height. A higher BMI indicates higher and unhealthy body fat, which may lead to various health problems. To determine your BMI, a ...

A recent study by IPGMER (SSKM) in Kolkata reveals that BMI may not accurately reflect obesity risk for Indian women. The research found that a significant number of young women, despite having normal ...