The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

He lost 40 pounds with intermittent fasting and weight training. How much would shedding 10 more pounds to achieve a Body ...

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 for ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Many adolescents and young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery—particularly those who were at a ...

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

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

One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...