The breathalyzer identifies the amount of acetone in your breath to determine if your body is in ketosis.

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A new calculation could be more accurate than BMI and could change how we measure obesity.

It's official -- the Army will now assess body fat using a tape measurement around the waist only. The service announced Monday it has simplified one of the key ways it judges soldier physical fitness ...

Hydrostatic weighing, also known as underwater weighing or hydrodensitometry, is one of the most accurate ways to measure body fat. It was considered the gold standard for measuring body composition ...

Body fat is critical to our health as it protects our organs and keeps us warm. Measuring our body fat can also be a good indicator for examining our overall health. Here's everything you need to know ...

There are plenty of bad connected gadgets, but sometimes it’s not the device itself that’s bad—it’s the execution. The idea of using a connected tape measure to track your fitness goals is not a bad ...

3-D body scanning has a new face, and its increasing accessibility could quickly lead to better fit and fewer returns. In the past few years, 3-D body scanning has evolved from bulky machines to ...

There’s a lot happening these days in the race to capture consumer body dimensions in the hopes of serving up better-fitting clothes. The industry is taking different approaches, with some building ...

These anthropometric measurements continue in use but there are far more sophisticated methods for assessing body composition, including underwater weighing, which is accurate, especially in very ...