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

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

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.

A man and child have been killed in a horror German mass stabbing on a nursery group, that has also left several people injured. Officers descended on Schoental park in the Bavarian town of ...

A man and child have been killed following a mass stabbing in a German town this morning (January 22), with many more left injured. Police have arrested a man after following the incident in the ...

Keeping a slim waist while exercising regularly is most effective for keeping cancer at bay, research suggests. One or the other is ‘insufficient’ to maximise the reduction in cancer risk, a ...

Body mass index (BMI) has been the international standard for measuring obesity since the 1980s, according to many sources, though some experts have questioned its validity. A person’s BMI is ...

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 argues that body mass index or BMI is not the most accurate way to define obesity. BMI is only a measure of a person’s weight and height and does not account for muscle mass.

People with elevated BMIs say they're relieved by experts' new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity. People recovering from eating disorders say ...