A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate over the years," ...

Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine body mass index (BMI) and the proportion overweight and obese among adults age 18–59 in the six largest Asian American ethnic groups (Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian ...

They pointed out that BMI can classify some people with a “normal” BMI, even when they have a high percentage of body fat. A ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

New University of Florida study finds body fat percentage is 78% more accurate than body mass index in predicting mortality risk, challenging the long-standing use of BMI as a health indicator.

And BMI failed.” The study pulled data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is linked to the national death index. The analysis involved 4,252 people, a representative ...