The use of simpler techniques like skin fold thicknesses and basic measurements of weight and girth are still in clinical and field use today as they were decades ago. In this collection are newer ...

Malnutrition is a prevalent syndrome among elderly individuals. Although aging per se implies a series of bio-psycho-social changes, which make the older adults more susceptible to malnutrition, ...

It's a Darwinian jungle out there in sportsland. Players with the right stuff are selected, and those without it end up on the sidelines. If you haven't got what it takes, they won't take what you've ...

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health risk—fails in predicting the risk of future death, suggesting the calculation is ...