If you want to know what you're made of, you'll need to be dunked in a tank of water, hooked up to electrodes, pinched or climb half naked into a giant egg like Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards. In ...

One of the unfortunate societal pressures we all face to differing degrees is the demand to be thin and beautiful. In cycling, this manifests itself as an obsession with minimizing body fat at all ...

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 ...

I am always looking to learn about the latest and greatest health and fitness research and techniques in training. Last week I had the opportunity to experience a method of body-fat testing that is ...

A handheld breathalyser picks up on a molecule called acetone, revealing that your body is using fat for energy ...

Soldiers often call plastic surgeon Adam Tattelbaum in a panic. They need liposuction – fast. Some military personnel are turning to the surgical procedure to remove excess fat from their waists in a ...

Testing dozens of the best bathroom scales over the past year has completely changed how I think about them. A device that once served as a basic tool for monitoring body weight now shares a technical ...