A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for ...

Numerous factors may affect organ weights, including height, body mass index (BMI), diet, age, and sex. Research indicates that people who are taller, weigh more, and have more lean body mass may have ...

The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised as too simplistic, in part because it cannot distinguish between fat and muscle mass. Currently, anyone with a BMI of ...

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates to weight Getty An international committee of scientists has proposed a new way to ...

Feb. 5, 2025 — Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some ...

Body composition in two patients (A/C, B/D) of similar age, sex, race, and body mass index. Compared to patient (A/C), patient (B/D) has less subcutaneous fat but more intermuscular fat. SAT ...

Using the Body Mass Index (BMI) to diagnose obesity should go the way of blood-letting, an international panel of 58 scientists argued in the British medical journal The Lancet. Doctors should instead ...

Actually. it doesn’t differentiate between lean body mass and body fat. If you have a high muscle mass your weight might be higher than expected even if your BMI is normal. BMI only considers ...