Level 1: Place your hands about shoulder-width apart on a table. The higher the surface, the easier it will be. Step your feet back until your arms are completely straight. Build up to holding for 30 ...

A UVA cardiovascular physiologist, said measuring a person’s VO2 max can give an insight into their health and longevity.

A healthy weight isn’t one-size-fits-all Learn why body composition lifestyle and overall wellness matter more than just a ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

Phones equipped with a LiDAR Scanner have a useful trick: they can be used to measure a person's height. In order to take ...

Your PWR is the amount of power that can be produced in relation to your body weight, usually expressed in watts per kilogram. The higher your power-to-weight ratio, the easier it will be to pedal and ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

What age a transgender Utah student was when they started puberty will now be part of a huge swath of sensitive health data that’s formally requested by the state and factored in if that student wants ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...