The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...
However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...
A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI.
A new report notes that the amount of belly fat a patient has is a more useful metric for determining obesity than ...
But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a ...
It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a doctor has at one point measured your Body Mass Index to check if you are a healthy weight. But a new report suggests ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
BMI (a unit of Fitch Solutions) on Thursday revised up its price forecast for ICE-listed second-month cocoa futures to $7,600 ...