These are the best smart scales to buy in every category, from Withings Body and Garmin Index S2 to Renpho Elis 1.

Leafy greens are full of beneficial nutrients that help reduce body fat. “Spinach, kale, arugula, and other leafy greens are low in calories and high in fiber and antioxidants,” Sabat explains. “They ...

Burn stubborn belly fat after 50 with these expert-approved, low-impact workouts that are easy on joints and deliver lasting ...

A personal trainer outlines how to perform six of his best full-body, no-equipment workouts to lose belly fat.

We have really good data about body fat for athletes. Elite boxers average out at about 6.9 percent.The top marathoners come in at 6.4.Before big races, Tour de France cyclists get down to about 8 ...

As a general rule, cisgender women need more essential body fat compared to cisgender men, who can safely hover between 6 and 24 percent body fat. Why? Put simply, child rearing, says Yen.

Results of my body fat test revealed that I was incredibly lean at 8% body fat with a sculpted 32-inch waist. By comparison, another male grad student was 5 feet 10 inches and 172 pounds, and his ...

Now, a new study of more than 50,000 middle-aged and older adults reveals that a high body fat percentage, but not high BMI, is a risk factor for near-term death.

People with a high body-fat percentage were 78% more likely to die within 15 years from any cause and 3.6 times more likely to die from heart disease, researchers reported June 24 in the Annals of ...

Subcutaneous fat makes up approximately 80% to 90% of a person’s overall body fat, according to a 2018 study in the Journal of Lipid Research, with visceral fat generally making up 6% to 20% of ...