Researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body composition—which is ...

Eliminating meat from your diet means you may be more prone to developing deficiencies in certain nutrients that are more ...

Increasing your protein intake and incorporating strength training into your routine can help you lose body fat and increase muscle mass. Body composition refers to the amount of fat and fat-free ...

Dr. Valerie Cholet is a Professor of Kinesiology. She earned her doctorate at Penn State University and has taught in higher education for over 20 years. Her areas of specialization include ...

"BMI is a measure of body size, but does not provide information on fat distribution, whereas waist circumference is a proxy more closely related to abdominal adiposity." Overall, the researchers ...

And that’s where understanding your body fat percentage comes in. Your body fat percentage refers to what percent of your body is made up of fat versus the weight that comes from your muscles ...

Body composition. Your body composition measures how much of your body is fat vs. how much is nonfat. If you have a high muscle content and low body fat, you may weigh more than someone else of ...

Ralph Fiennes has shared the strict regime he underwent for five months to reduce his body fat for a new role. The 62-year-old played Odysseus in Uberto Pasolini’s forthcoming The Odyssey ...

Men and women burn fat and carbohydrate in different ways. Men are very much ‘carbohydrate burners’ – if as a man you eat carbohydrate then your body is going to burn it rather than fat.

It’s not that fruit isn’t healthy, but, as Alvino says, “... in order to get down to single-digit body fat, you want only enough fruit to fill your liver with glycogen. Any extra fructose ...