BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

Explain to people that to accurately measure their waist and calculate their own waist-to-height ratio ... Do not use bioimpedance as a substitute for BMI as a measure of general adiposity in adults. ...

A user-friendly BMI Calculator web app that calculates your Body Mass Index (BMI) based on weight and height. It provides real-time results and categorizes your BMI into different health ranges.

Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most ubiquitous yet controversial metrics in medicine. A crude measure of weight relative to height, BMI is commonly used to diagnose obesity—even though many ...

People are being "overdiagnosed" with obesity because the body mass index (BMI) is not "nuanced" enough, leading medics have warned. A commission of more than 50 international experts said solely ...

Obesity Won't Be Solely Defined by BMI Under New Plan for Diagnosis by Global Experts A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the ...

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 hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...