BMI has long been controversial among healthcare professionals—yet the obsession with how to calculate BMI persists. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental ...

In daily practice, physicians need a quick and simple way to assess whether a patient's weight presents a health risk. For decades, the body mass index (BMI) has been used for this purpose, with ...

Waist-to-height ratio ‘outperforms’ BMI in identification of serious health risks, analysis of over 120,000 people suggests ...

During the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Ilona Maher was a breakout star, an athletic marvel who possessed an astonishing combination of speed and strength. As the 27-year-old member of Team ...

A dietician has cautioned against placing too much emphasis on a single measurement when evaluating your overall health. Evan ...

Those with a high BMI may face heightened risks of the various health complications linked with excess weight or obesity, ...

Body mass index uses your height and weight to estimate your body fat. Here’s what this number can and can’t tell you about your health. Body mass index (BMI) is a way that doctors measure your risk ...

Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Gothenburg have developed a novel approach to assessing an individual ...

Waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate and reliable indicator of age-related obesity risk than body mass index (BMI), ...

New research suggests waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate obesity risk indicator than BMI, especially for older adults.