The average waist size for men in the U.S. is 40.6 inches. This is also the threshold experts use to define abdominal obesity, which is linked to health risks.

TO close Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Petrojam, Jamaica’s sole oil refinery and multi-energy innovator, staged a ‘Boss Man Ting’ community screening activity in nearby Greenwich Town, St Andrew.

Obesity is linked to accelerated aging and early death and is typically defined by body mass index, a measure of weight and height. While B.M.I. is widely used, it is an imperfect tool that can’t ...

Adiposity—or the accumulation of excess fat in the body—is a known driver of cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and kidney disease. But getting the full picture ...

A new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that men diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer who adopted the ACS Nutrition and Physical Activity Guideline for Cancer Survivors ...

Nearly 50 percent of all Korean men are obese, according to a government study released Tuesday, with the rate for men in their 40s hitting an alarming 61.7 per ...

A red light has turned on for the health of people in their 40s, the backbone of our society. The obesity rate among men has reached a record high, and women in this age group are the only demographic ...

Adolescents with underweight BMI demonstrated higher risk for osteoporosis in adulthood, especially those who remained underweight into adulthood. Young-age body mass index (BMI) and its trajectory ...

Some of the Mounjaro generation might argue that there is no such thing as being too skinny, but science would beg to differ. Last week findings presented at the annual meeting of the European ...

On our recent horse camping trip, we watched a couple unload their two horses near our site. When these beautiful animals stepped out of the trailer, we were shocked to see their prominent ribs and ...

Neck thickness disturbs many, especially women, from an aesthetic perspective, but researchers have recently found repeated evidence that neck thickness is not just a cosmetic issue, but may also ...