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French women don't get fat, that much we know. In fact, 5 percent of French women are actually underweight. But they're far more likely than women in ... Read More »

BMI is far from a perfect measure of your body's fitness (as evidenced by one reader who is classified as obese, but just completed a half ... Read More »

BMI classifications are accepted universally: 18 to 24 is considered normal, 25 to 29 overweight and 30+ obese. Correction -- BMI classifications were ... Read More »

We're constantly hearing about the health issues associated with being overweight or obese, and while I think we're all aware that being way too thin ... Read More »

Maybe the whole Body Mass Index (BMI) thing just isn't too accurate. I mean, how can a tool that takes into account only my height and weight really ... Read More »

Just as study after study tells us we Americans could stand to lose a few pounds, a new report emerges and reveals that carrying a few extra pounds ... Read More »

I tend to excuse the 50 pounds and the 42 pounds I gained during my two pregnancies as understandable given the two whopper babies who emerged from my ... Read More »

Maybe it's vain (alright it is vain) but the thought of getting super wrinkly as I age scares me. A lot. While I can't always afford to buy really ... Read More »

Recently researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida have discovered that what harms you may actually help you: obesity both increases ... Read More »