The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters.. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese, while a BMI of 40 or above is considered severely obese. A ...

Clinicians who work with elite college athletes and military cadets should be aware of the association between higher body ...

High body mass index affects outcomes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), highlighting the need for targeted interventions ...

BMI thresholds were adjusted by race and ethnicity, with obesity defined as a BMI of 30 or higher for most participants, and 27.5 or higher for non-Hispanic Asian individuals.

I do have a BMI of 30. Well, 29.3 to be exact,” Maher began in her video, which has been viewed more than 4.3 million times, and liked more than 629,000 times.

The findings showed a clear trend: as BMI increased, so did the risk of complications. From the lowest to the highest BMI ...

Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a ...