A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging the traditional view of ...

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

Who is eligible for weight-loss jabs? UK pharmacies tighten rules amid misuse concerns - The clampdown comes after several ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Obesity was associated with improved overall survival (OS) after curative resection in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly those who did not have low sk ...

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 ...

Rigzone has contacted the Trump transition team and the White House for comment on the BMI and Standard Chartered Bank reports. At the time of writing, neither have responded to Rigzone yet.

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. A person’s BMI is ...

The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised as too simplistic, in part because it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Currently, anyone with a BMI of ...

The standard method of determining obesity across the world has thus far employed BMI cut-offs as the sole determinant. A person with a BMI of less than 18.5 is considered to be underweight, a BMI ...

In the report, the global commission argues that the standard way of assessing obesity, by body mass index or BMI, isn’t the most accurate way of determining whether someone has it and its ...