The reason BMI is not very usable for measuring an individuals health is that the BMI only takes a persons weight and height ...

Millions of Americans long considered outside the obesity category may, in fact, face many of the same health risks.

The body mass index, or BMI, predates the bathroom scale by more than half a century. But it has not changed with the times. The BMI was created in the 1830s before calculators and computers existed.

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for ...

The system for diagnosing and managing obesity can no longer be about just body mass index (BMI), which is excluding many people who would benefit from obesity treatment. A new framework for the ...

In a recent study published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers determined the association between compensatory and regular restraints and body mass index (BMI). They also explore the mediating role ...