Women's Health

What Your Body Composition Says About Your Health—And The Best Ways To Measure It

For bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts, changing body composition often reflects hard work and discipline—but knowing body composition is useful for anyone, and for more than just bragging rights.

Research finds exercise type to target body fat in seniors

High intensity interval training (HIIT) may be the optimal exercise for reducing body fat while maintaining muscle mass in older adults, according to new research led by UniSC academics.

What Is Body Composition? What It Can Tell You—And How To Measure It

Thanks to the ever-improving world of fitness trackers and apps, you've never had more access to personal health data. But which of the dizzying number of markers and metrics should you really be ...

This Type of Exercise Is Most Effective at Reducing Body Fat in Older Adults

New research indicates that exercise intensity may play a key role in helping older adults lose fat without sacrificing muscle. High intensity interval training (HIIT) may offer older adults a more ...
Everyday Health

What a Body Composition Screening Is — and What It Says About Your Health

There are various types of body composition tests (more on these below). Still, each one measures the percentages of fat and fat-free mass (muscle and bone) in the body. Knowing these percentages can ...
Psychology Today

Body Composition: Made to Measure

The Lilliputian tailors measure Gulliver for a new suit of clothing, from Part I of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." (1726) Illustration (1909) by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) Source: Alamy stock ...
Consumer Reports

Omron Body Composition Monitor and Scale BCM-500

The Omron Body Composition Monitor and Scale BCM-500 is part of the Bathroom Scales test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Smart Bathroom Scales models like the Body Composition Monitor ...