What is body mass index (BMI) and should you worry about it? Here’s everything you need to know about BMI charts for men and women.

A doctor utilizes your BMI to aid in preventative treatment, such as dieting, diabetes screening, exercise routine, and thyroid screening. BMI charts may also be used to monitor health by ...

The “healthy” body mass index (BMI) ranges from 18.5 to 24.9. However, BMI is not a one-size-fits-all concept. BMI is a tool researchers often use to track obesity at the population level ...

A new proposed shake-up to the BMI classification, which is used to measure a person's weight to height ratio could see millions of Brits classed as obese, but how do you measure up?

At one point, BMI classification was even used to establish eligibility for COVID vaccines. Earlier this month, the American Medical Association voted to move away from using BMI as a measurement ...

The AMA House of Delegates adopted a new policy encouraging physicians to use BMI in conjunction with other valid measures when assessing patients for overweight or obesity. Under the policy, the ...

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognised body mass index (BMI) cut-off points ...