Body mass index (BMI) estimates how healthy your weight is based on your height. There's no "perfect weight" that fits everyone, but BMI can help most adults understand their weight-related health ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height. Through a calculation or by use of a BMI chart, medical professionals can determine whether a patient is ...

BMI (body mass index) has long been a standard way to assess whether a person is at a healthy weight. But many health experts believe the metric is outdated. Keep reading for a better understanding of ...

The start of a new year for many means the start of a new health and fitness journey. Claire Edgemon, senior registered dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine, provides insight on how knowing your ...

To develop and evaluate two BMI-based instruments to determine perceptions of weight status, particularly perceptions of overweight and obesity, using pictorial images of women and men. Psychometric ...

This large cross-sectional study, of 18,575 subjects attending a screening examination center in Israel, evaluated the IOP in men and women with respect to their BMI levels. Overall men had higher IOP ...