BMI has long been used as a standard measure of obesity, endorsed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and ...

Researchers say they have a better way to measure weight than BMI - The cost-effective option is already found in some ...

But a new study says it might be time to toss that metric aside for good. CNN reported that researchers from the University ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...

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

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

If the BMI standard for obesity is raised, some individuals who were previously classified as obese will now be classified as merely overweight or normal, despite their physical condition ...

Body mass index, or BMI, is often promoted as a key measure of health, but clinicians are increasingly understanding its flaws and moving toward more comprehensive markers. In 2023, research in the ...

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 mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity.