Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

She starved herself, eating nothing for 17 out of 30 days, too hungry to sleep, too consumed by “brain fog” to reason, to connect with her husband and baby daughter, to “be an agent.” All of this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Consuming more plant-based fat may decrease the risk for overall and CVD-related mortality compared with ...

Healthy low-fat diets were associated with lower risks for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, whereas overall and unhealthy low-carbohydrate diets were linked to increased risks, according to ...

Healthy diets containing low amounts of saturated fats and carbohydrates are associated with a lower risk of mortality in older adults, a new study has found. Investigators followed more than ...

Researchers determined the relationship between animal and dietary plant fat intake with mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and other causes.

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI).

A new study links regular poultry consumption to an increased mortality risk. Italian researchers found that people who eat more than 300 grams of chicken weekly are 27% more likely to die.

Considering what we know about the health pitfalls of increased body fat, one would expect a mostly straight line of rising mortality risk as one goes from a BMI of healthy to obese. That’s why the “U ...

In the late 1980s, one of us (SNB) published a study that demonstrated that individuals with a low (below first quintile=20th percentile) cardiorespiratory fitness level had a higher risk of mortality ...