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 ...

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

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI). The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The American Medical Association is clarifying the role of a person's body mass index, also known as BMI. The group is urging doctors to de-emphasize its use when assessing ...

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 ...

Individuals with higher than ideal body weight or body mass index (BMI) have an increased risk for low back pain (LBP).

Waist-to-height ratio identifies age-related obesity risk more accurately than BMI, especially among older adults, says study ...

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

Ultrasound-derived VAT demonstrated better predictive ability than BMI and waist circumference in hepato-metabolic assessment in MASLD.