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 ...

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 ...

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If you dread getting on a scale to calculate your body mass index, there’s a good reason to ignore the measure. Body composition tests are an... Step aside BMI, body composition tests are on the rise.