Perceived weight discrimination partially mediated the association between high BMI and future pain in middle-aged and older adults.

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 ...

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

You’ve long heard doctors talk about BMI — or body mass index — and you may even know yours off the top of your head, especially if you were told your number was in the unhealthy range.

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.

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 condition is better measured by looking at factors like inflammation, insulin resistance, and glucose tolerance, according to the doctor. In some cases, using BMI can result in “muscular athletes” ...

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 ...