Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN Body mass index (BMI) is the standard measurement healthcare providers use to assess ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and ... to get a more precise definition so that we ...

Health workers have long relied on Body Mass Index as a way to measure whether people are within a healthy weight range. Now, a collection of top researchers have made the case for a new way to ...

While traditionally health has been measured by the Body Mass Index (BMI), a calculation that ... mass weighs — but this does not necessarily mean that their body composition is unhealthy ...