In the world of health metrics, BMI, or Body Mass Index, has long been the go-to measure for assessing obesity. But there's a new metric on the horizon: the Body Roundness Index, or BRI that some say ...

A U-shaped relationship was found between body mass index and in-hospital mortality among critically ill cardiac surgery ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA)– Whether you’re trying to figure out the best dieting strategy or doing a simple health screening– you’ve likely heard the terms “BMI”, or body mass index. As part of our “Ask ...

The Yale team defined BMI-defined obesity using well-established threshold set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatric ...

Share on Pinterest A recent study finds people with a high or low Body Roundness Index have an increased risk of death. Zing Images/Getty Images Body Roundness Index is a novel body composition ...

A large study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas shows that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a stronger and ...

For decades, health experts have relied on body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height, to classify people as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. But sometimes, you need more than ...

Mild structural changes visible in knee MRI scans are already common among adults in their thirties - even in those without knee pain or other symptoms. A study by the University of Oulu found signs ...