Some of today's bathroom scales measure not only your overall weight but also the percentage of your weight that comes from fat vs. muscle, bone, and water. Known as body-fat scales, some also ...

(NEW YORK) — Scales have evolved from simply stepping on a scale to see your weight at one moment in time to being able to track weight over time and connect with apps on a smartphone. Scales also now ...

Designed to inform you about your health status, body composition scales are garnering huge popularity among fitness-conscious people. Regrettably, they don’t come cheap. If you have restlessly been ...

In the realm of modern health technology, the Xiaomi Mijia Body Fat Scale S400 stands out as a beacon of accuracy and innovation. Designed with meticulous attention to detail, this scale seamlessly ...

Editor's note: Feb. 27-March 5 is Obesity Care Week (OCW). Founded in 2015, OCW envisions a society that understands, respects and accepts the complexities of obesity and values science and clinically ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have developed a new way to measure whether a person is too fat without having people step on the scale. The new measure, called the Body Adiposity Index, or BAI, relies ...

The bathroom scale may show a good number but how much of that weight is fat, not muscle? New studies are adding to the evidence that the scale doesn't always tell the whole story when it comes to ...

Enter the brave new world of smart scales, which manufacturers claim will measure not just your overall weight but also the percentage of your weight that comes from fat vs. muscle, bone and water.

Every so often, the conversations that people in health care have become so pervasive that they dominate the zeitgeist, intersecting with mainstream media and popular culture. Oprah Winfrey’s recent ...

The apparent plateau is short-term, the data incomplete and the share of people with severe obesity still rising. The ...