A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...

People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.

In 1993, using data from white people in Great Britain, ages 16 to 64, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated BMI ...

New research suggests that factors like age, sex, body fat and the amount of sugar in your blood play a significant role in the progression from pre-diabetes to a type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity.

BMI is a 53-year-old metric that experts suggest needs an update—here's what they say is the more reliable way to determine ...

Higher cardiovascular health (Life’s Essential 8 scores) is linked to greater bone mineral density in adults aged 20–59, with ...

Want to know if your body fat is in the healthy range? Well, stepping on a scale ... And one common assumption is that everyone with a high BMI - or body mass index - is unhealthy and needs ...

The report’s findings suggest that BMI — the measurement traditionally used by medical professionals to determine healthy weight ranges — does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of ...

People with higher body mass indexes say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity. CapRadio provides a trusted ...