Research shows that people with a certain body shape face a higher risk of serious health problems compared to their ...

Chances are, a doctor has at one point measured your Body Mass Index to check if you are a healthy ... measure of weight-related health risk. Women with a waist size over 35 inches and men with ...

The average American woman weighs about 170 pounds and stands about 5 feet, 4 inches tall. But it’s important to remember ...

Viewing body-positive social media content, especially images, led to improved body image outcomes compared to fitspiration ...

Criticisms about the BMI maintain that it was developed on data only from men, most of them White, and doesn’t account for racial, ethnic, age, sex and gender diversity. Even Olympic athletes can be ...

A comprehensive review found that being out of shape greatly increased the risk of dying prematurely — regardless of age or ...

GPs are told to use additional metrics to diagnose overweight patients, rather than relying on body mass index alone ...

In a study of more than 5,000 mothers and their children, exposure to air pollution during the three months before pregnancy ...

The study, published in the journal Environmental Research, found that an increase in PM2.5 levels by 16.2 micrograms per ...

A new report suggests that a diagnosis of obesity should depend on patients' individual health — not their Body Mass Index.