BMI is widely used as a marker of health, but it turns out that it's not all that accurate -- especially for people of color.

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all ...

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

He lost 40 pounds with intermittent fasting and weight training. How much would shedding 10 more pounds to achieve a Body ...

CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and criticisms of its usage? Dr. Leana Wen: Body mass index, or BMI, is a calculation performed by dividing a patient’s weight in kilograms by their ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

IT is laudable that Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain wants his officers to maintain a body mass index (BMI) of 28 as a requirement to qualify for promotions. His ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals.

"Among individuals undergoing medication abortion beyond 13 weeks, those with a BMI ≥30 were 6.62 times more likely to ...

This small but meaningful change seen in California may add up to a generational impact on consumption, but only time will ...