Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO You should measure your waist between the lowest rib and the top of your hip.Avoid ...

A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

In a world chock-full of high-tech health monitoring gadgets and apps, you might be surprised to learn that an item stocked at the local dollar store — a tape measure — could be more accurate than a ...

If you're trying to lose weight and get in shape, then you may be relying on the scale to track your progress. And it's a good place to start; after all, how else are you supposed to determine if your ...

Do you know how to measure the diameter of the earth? No? Then you’re less advanced than they were in 230 BC. You’re basically a Neanderthal with access to a microwave. Find out how to fix that in ...

The World Health Organization's current weight-based guidelines for assessing malnutrition in children with diarrhea are not as reliable as measuring the child's upper arm circumference, new research ...