Maintaining a healthy weight is an essential part of overall well-being. But while most health conversations revolve around ...

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

An international and widely supported group of experts is pushing doctors to avoid the exclusive use of BMI to decide whether someone has obesity, alongside other major changes.

Researchers said using BMI alone as the sole arbiter of obesity ... The commission said 18 factors can support a diagnosis of obesity. Examples include breathlessness, high blood pressure, knee ...

It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a doctor has at one point measured your Body Mass Index to check if you are a healthy weight. But a new report suggests ...

Share on Pinterest A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.

Because it is easy to measure and compare, BMI has long been used as a tool to ... In the Netherlands, for example, a study she co-authored found that most people with obesity had experienced ...

For example, many professional athletes are considered clinically obese based on the BMI scale, because it cannot distinguish the weight of muscle from the weight of fat. Sara Moniuszko is a ...

Central obesity measures of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio appear to be more accurate and consistent indicators ...

Childhood BMI trends — specifically moderate BMI and high BMI variability — were associated with high cortisol concentrations at 17 years of age.

Technical analysis for Badger Meter Inc. BMI including support levels resistance levels and stop losses for BMI ...