NPR

Step aside BMI, body composition tests are on the rise. Here's what to know

The scale has never been a friend to Mana Mostatabi. Even back in high school, when she ran a quick 100m on the varsity track team, her BMI – a ratio of weight to height – put her in the overweight ...
Yahoo

Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome

Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro are weight loss and diabetes drugs that have made quite a splash in health news. They target regulatory pathways involved in both obesity and diabetes and are widely ...
Flow Space on MSN

Body Composition Might Be More Important Than Weight - So What Does It Mean?

"Throw away that regular scale and focus instead on knowing what your fat mass is, what your lean muscle mass is, and what ...
AOL

A 56-year-old personal trainer on how to build muscle after 40 — with rucking, body weight exercises, and short workouts

A personal trainer in his 50s got back in shape after colon cancer treatment with simple workouts. His routine includes rucking, walking with a weighted pack to build muscle and endurance in less time ...
CNN

BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here’s a better way to measure weight

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...