A body composition test measures percentages of fat, bone, and muscle in the body. It can provide a snapshot of your overall health, inform strategies to improve health, and help gauge progress toward ...

One concern about the GLP-1 class of metabolic disorder drugs is that the weight patients lose includes muscle as well as fat. BioAge Labs wants to test whether its experimental medication, dosed ...

The scale has never been a friend to Mana Mostatabi. Even back in high school, when she ran a quick 100m on the varsity track team, her BMI – a ratio of weight to height – put her in the overweight ...

Learn how to prevent muscle loss while taking GLP-1 medications, with expert tips on protein intake, strength training, and ...

For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

Muscle testing is also known as applied kinesiology (AK) or manual muscle testing (MMT). It is an alternative medicine practice that claims to effectively diagnose structural, muscular, chemical, and ...

Share on Pinterest How can you preserve muscle mass if you are using GLP-1 drugs for weight loss? Top experts weigh in. Image credit: Santi Nuñez/Stocksy. The development of GLP-1 drugs, such as ...

The number on the scale doesn’t reveal everything about your health. In an era dominated by smartwatches and fitness apps, tracking health has never been easier—or more confusing. The sheer volume of ...

The Marine Corps has formally kicked off a scientific study that may upend one of the most maligned aspects of life in the service: height and weight standards that many complain are outdated and ...

The scale has never been a friend to Mana Mostatabi. Even back in high school, when she ran a quick 100m on the varsity track team, her BMI – a ratio of weight to height – put her in the overweight ...