Artist Nickolay Lamm compared the body measurements of the average middle-aged man from the United States, Japan, France, and the Netherlands.

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

Measurements are taken at either 3 or 7 different sites on the body. The specific sites used vary in men and women. For women, the triceps, area above the hip bone and either the thigh or abdomen ...

Calculating body fat percentage isn’t always completely accurate, and there are many methods to try. We’ll talk about the healthy range for men and women, and the limitations.

A third of these men, selected to represent wide BMI distribution, were studied for body fat measurements by specific methods. A total of 141 healthy men, approximately similar number from rural ...

The 1960-1962 report found that the average popliteal height for men was 17.3 inches (43.9 centimeters), and the average for women was 15.6 inches (39.6 cm). The researchers noted that for men ...

In the pilot program, the maximum waist measurement for men will be 39 inches, and the maximum for women will be 35.5 inches, said Cmdr. Matt Rooney, chief of the Coast Guard's Policy and ...

To investigate, 207 young men and women were recruited and measurements of positive and negative moods, body satisfaction, drive for thinness and drive for masculinity were firstly assessed.