A shocking case has emerged involving a 19-year-old Dalit girl who exposed a well-organized group allegedly working to convert poor and Dalit girls to Islam and radicalize them for anti-national ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO The average weight for men 20 years and older in the United States is just under 200 pounds, at 199.8 pounds. Though it's helpful to understand, the average ...

Waist-to-height ratio had a better predictive value than BMI in assessing liver fibrosis and steatosis outcomes across ages and racial groups.

BMI or Body Mass Index is a tool that health care providers use to screen for medical conditions or health problems. The BMI ...

Managing your body weight and BMI could be the key to keeping your type two diabetes risk down, according to a new study ...

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

The Cleveland Browns have a remarkably crowded quarterback room that includes a Super Bowl winner, two rookies and yes, the injured Deshaun Watson.

Epidemiologists use BMI to calculate national obesity rates. British Journal of Nutrition published a study that found the BMI formula, which is widely used to determine body fat, may not be accurate ...