Homelessness in Los Angeles County is tragic and complex, and solving it is a daunting task. The only way to reduce homelessness is to provide housing and services that help people stabilize their ...

BOSTON - A new study finds there may be a more accurate way to calculate a patient's risk of death from obesity, and it involves measuring a person's waist. Obesity, especially visceral or belly fat, ...

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 11:13 p.m. This November, Los Angeles County voters will vote on raising the LA County sales tax to increase funding for services targeted at people experiencing ...

Hydrostatic weighing, also known as underwater weighing, is a method to measure a person's body fat and lean body mass; it involves sitting on a specialized scale in a water tank. It has generally ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...

People's bodies can be old or young for their chronological age, depending, in part, on the amount and types of stressors they have experienced. Scientists can estimate people's biological age, but ...

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New research points to a better way to measure obesity than body mass index. Body mass index was first developed in 1832 and has been the standard way to estimate a person’s body fat since the 1980s.

Supporters of a half-cent sales tax measure that would fund more shelters, affordable housing and addiction treatment for the unhoused in Los Angeles County launched their campaign on Thursday, Sept.

Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Nayan Bhatia demonstrates Pulse-Fi, technology that uses WiFi signals to measure a person's heart rate. Heart rate is one of the most basic and important ...

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