Body mass index (BMI), which is measured by taking a person’s body weight and dividing the square of their height, has long ...

Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...

Dr. Sun Kim, an endocrinologist at Stanford University who specializes in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, tells ...

For long, we have relied on the Body Mass Index or BMI to know about our health risks. It takes a person's height and weight ...

A study found that waist size is a better cancer risk predictor for men compared to BMI, with an extra 4 inches increasing ...

Adults who had an above-average BMI, overweight or obesity during childhood have increased risk for developing chronic ...

Dr Saleyha Ahsan meets Prof Janice Thompson from the University of Birmingham and together they investigate two very common measures of 'fatness' to see whether either of these measurements give a ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year’s ...

Metabolic health, on the other hand, is about far more than your BMI—which is an outdated metric. It refers to the optimal functioning of the entire metabolic system, including blood glucose ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.