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 ...

Obesity is well-known risk factor for heart problems and heart failure. However, the current measurement used to determine obesity and heart failure risk, the Body Mass Index or BMI, also has ...

Body mass index, or BMI, is a widely-used value to determine if a person is underweight, normal, overweight, or obese for their height. Calculated by dividing one's weight in kilograms by one's height ...

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A scale and a tape measure. BMI is calculated using one’s mass in kilograms and one’s height in meters. Photo by Pixabay/Pexels During one of my high school gym classes, I remember my teacher putting ...

It revealed the traditional method of using Body Mass Index (BMI) is not as useful in measuring fat as waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). Over a 15-year follow-up, 7,237 nine-year-old children were studied ...

Is obesity a chronic illness, or a risk factor for a host of illnesses? That debate has been going on for decades. Now, a blue-ribbon panel has weighed in with a new definition and diagnostic criteria ...

Changing how children are measured for obesity to a new system could be more accurate, a study has concluded. It revealed the traditional method of using Body Mass Index (BMI) is not as useful in ...