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When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer spits out your body mass index (BMI) number.

The Lilliputian tailors measure Gulliver for a new suit of clothing, from Part I of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." (1726) Illustration (1909) by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) Source: Alamy stock ...

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...

Reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us that more than two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, and the numbers keep climbing in our children. Although we ...

Roughly 200 years ago, a Belgian mathematician and statistician named Adolphe Quetelet, seeking to characterize “normal man,” observed that adults’ body weight in kilograms is roughly proportional to ...

The average waist size for men in the U.S. is 40.6 inches. Waist size greater than 40 inches may indicate abdominal obesity, which is linked to a higher risk of major health conditions. Common ...