The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

Two newer adiposity measures incorporating waist circumference predicted periodontitis better than body mass index, reported ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Findings indicate a 12.8% 10-year diabetes risk, driven by fasting plasma glucose, age, sex, and BMI, highlighting the need ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group ...

One of the primary limitations of the BMI is its inability to distinguish between the fat mass and the lean muscle mass.

However, this classification system assumes that weight alone is a reliable indicator of health, disregarding important ...

Heart disease remains the top killer of Americans as risk factors continue to grow. Get the latest statistics from the ...

A new measurement tool is challenging the long-standing idea of using the Body Mass Index as a way to gauge body fat and ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new ...