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and other measurements to create a standard definition of health. That is why a doctor or another healthcare professional will often chart your body mass index, or BMI, during routine physicals.

For decades, body mass index has been the go-to metric for defining healthy weight ranges, but its usefulness as a reliable ...

This doesn’t just mean eating more food ... different metrics to decide your healthy weight range, such as body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, body composition, and waist-to-hip ratio.

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

The following is a summary of "Association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and the trajectory of ...

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