Researchers found that higher relative fat mass (RFM), a measure of visceral body fat, is significantly associated with ...

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By Showbiz Reporter – A recent report by the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) has revealed that Manicaland province ranks among the highest in the country for thinness among ...

It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate over the years," ...

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The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

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Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO The average weight for men 20 years and older in the United States is just under 200 pounds, at 199.8 pounds. Though it's helpful to understand, the average ...

Background Increasingly, women of reproductive age participate in recreational running, but its impact on pregnancy outcome is unknown. We investigated whether running affects gestational age at ...

Results: Percentiles (5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, and 95) for height-to-age and weight-to-age were developed with satisfactory modeling in boys and girls between 7 and 17 years old. Boys showed a linear ...