Explore the pros and cons of BMI for men and women. Learn how Body Mass Index is calculated, what a healthy BMI range is, and ...
New Year’s is receding fast in the rearview mirror. And for many of us, our sincere resolutions about losing weight and ...
New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...
Instead of using the controversial body mass index, or BMI, to assess weight, an international group of scientists proposes ...
A new report says only using BMI to determine if a patient has obesity leads to under-diagnosing people who are ill and ...
It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment ...
Women with a waist size over 35 inches and men with a waist larger than 40 inches are at higher risk of developing metabolic diseases, she said. What if your doctor only looks at BMI? Some doctors ...
New obesity criteria for Indians now include waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio. Abdominal obesity is indicated ...