In this Nourish to Flourish column, Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Nina Crowley, PhD, RDN, LD, about ...

The Army is conducting an initial 180-day assessment, during which soldiers will not be separated if they fail to meet the standards.

U.S. Army soldiers will no longer be judged based on a height and weight table, rather on a waist to height ratio as a measure of body composition, according to officials in a statement Tuesday. If a ...

While BMI is a widely used measure to categorise individuals into weight classifications such as underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity, it is not enough to accurately determine the right ...

This extremely sensitive device measures the gamma rays emitted from an isotope of potassium known as 40K, which exists naturally in the human body at a known natural abundance (0.012%). This ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. I started the new year strong: I got a body composition analysis and was mildly horrified by the ...

The technology has some promising applications, but is not ready for whole body cancer screening and will not replace other imaging tools.

The two-part workshop series explored the current science on measures of body composition and body fat distribution, with a focus on the strengths and limitations of body mass index (BMI) as a measure ...

When she got her first job as a sports dietitian at the University of Oregon in 2011, Rachel Manor was tasked with putting teams of student athletes through the Bod Pod. Basketball players and track ...

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 has a sensor not seen in smartwatches before. It’s the Body Composition sensor. This is arguably more useful than the Fitbit Sense’s EDA stress sensor, the blood oxygen ...