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.

Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding ...

Body composition refers to the percentages body fat, bone, and lean tissue mass (basically, the muscle, organs, water, and ...

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

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

And many more (43%) are overweight. Body mass index, or BMI, is a measurement used to assess a person's body weight in ...

Today, a person is considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI – calculated by dividing someone's weight, in kilograms, by the square of their height, in meters) of 30 or higher.

"Genetically predicted higher plasma caffeine concentrations were associated with lower BMI and whole body fat mass," the ...