We break down the history behind BMI and how body fat percentage relates to your health. Read more to get a better ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

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

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

World medical experts say there is a better way to look at body weight than BMI. I'm a psychologist who dated many toxic ...

Obesity, a new report recommends, should be diagnosed by an individual’s body fat percentage, not weight, which was the norm ...

This small but meaningful change seen in California may add up to a generational impact on consumption, but only time will ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

Humans with relatively more fat hidden in and around their muscles face a higher risk of death or hospitalization from heart ...

Many young women gain weight in the years after breast reduction surgery, according to a study published online in the ...

CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and criticisms of its usage? Dr. Leana Wen: Body mass index, or BMI, is a calculation performed by dividing a patient’s weight in kilograms by their ...

Body weight cycling, also known as “yo-yo dieting,” is associated with a 25%-36% increased risk for diabetic kidney disease ...