Expert Dr. Salas-Whalen reveals that body composition testing, not just the number on your scale, is key to knowing whether ...

A body composition test measures percentages of fat, bone, and muscle in the body. It can provide a snapshot of your overall health, inform strategies to improve health, and help gauge progress toward ...

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 ...

Whalen, M.D., author of the new book "Weightless," shared that the best way to determine the suitability of a GLP-1 is ...

Health metrics provider InBody has reached an impressive milestone: their cloud data management platform LookinBody Web has tallied over 100 million tests taken on their state-of-the-art body ...

A Soldier prepares for the dead lift event of the Army Combat Fitness Test Sept. 23, 2019, at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Thomas Brading/Army) The Army has set a timeline for reforms on how the service ...

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