For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...
When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For instance, the average weight for men in the U.S. was 199.8 pounds from 2015 to ...
When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer spits out your body mass index (BMI) number.