Although BMI is what most doctors use to track weight loss, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the most accurate.

Twenty Paralympians gathered last week at the International Paralympic Committee Campus in Bonn, Germany, as part of the 'Para Athletes Professionals' training programme, where they were equipped with ...

These over-50 champs—and a growing body of research—show what we gain by staying active later in life. Nora Langdon, 82, started powerlifting in her 60s and quickly got hooked. Over the past two ...

Cal’s athletes are clearly the best of the best. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Bears earned enough medals that, if Cal were its own nation, it would have ranked 12th in the overall medal standings.

UXBRIDGE — Less than five hours before the Uxbridge High field hockey team prepared to play Watertown in a Division 4 Final Four playoff contest Wednesday, four of the Spartans’ star players put pen ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The 4 News Now Extreme Team is helping renovate a local organization that helps athletes connect with and excel in adaptive sports. Just over a year ago, Parasport Spokane moved to ...

The RunStar 8E SmartScan Pro Body Fat Scale is a fabulous piece of kit for exercise geeks and fitness professionals. That said, beginners may find it overly complex. For some serious athletes, on the ...

The NCAA approved a rule change on Wednesday that will allow athletes and athletic department staff members to bet on professional sports. Two weeks after the Division I cabinet approved the change, ...

Ultra-endurance athletes triumph over staggering distances and harsh conditions. But one of their toughest foes may be their own metabolic ceiling. By scrutinizing a group of top-tier long-haul ...

A new definition of obesity could dramatically increase the number of Americans considered obese. Under the new definition, the prevalence of obesity rose from around 40% to nearly 70% among more than ...

New research presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting 2025 suggests that people who are underweight or at the lower end of a “healthy” body mass index (BMI) face ...

CHICOPEE — Elms College held its annual blessing of the athletes on Sept. 3 with a ceremony at Leary Athletic Fields. Also, the campus dedicates a new scoreboard at the athletic fields that was made ...