Misty Carman, a nurse educator at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Wellness Center, used a body analyzer scale, which estimates body composition (including body fat, lean mass, bone mass, and water ...

Thanks to the ever-improving world of fitness trackers and apps, you've never had more access to personal health data. But which of the dizzying number of markers and metrics should you really be ...

“Skinny fat” is a term that refers to having a high percentage of body fat despite a normal body mass index (BMI). It’s a common misconception that small or thin bodies are an indicator of good health ...

Male body types are often divided into mesomorph, ectomorph, and endomorph. These types are determined by factors like limb proportions, body weight, height, and body fat distribution. Male bodies ...

The concept of somatotypes is based on the understanding that everyone is born with a body type. Body type, or somatotype, is inherited and expresses itself as skeletal structure and body composition.

Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do smart scales work, and how accurate are they? When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

If you melted down the average UK adult, you’d find around 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of creamy yellow fat – equivalent to around 88 blocks of lard, enough to fill two-thirds of a small suitcase or ...

Amazon’s body fat percentage scanner performs better than other, more cumbersome methods of calculating body fat, a new study showed. A body scan is one feature on the Amazon Halo Band subscription ...

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a New York City-based magazine and book writer whose work has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including Women’s Health, Health, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, Prevention, ...

The RunStar 8E SmartScan Pro Body Fat Scale is a fabulous piece of kit for exercise geeks and fitness professionals. That said, beginners may find it overly complex. For some serious athletes, on the ...