You can calculate your BMI for free using this NHS calculator, which it says takes into account ... healthy fats as it solely relies on weight and height, making it a limited metric in assessing ...

New research shows being fit matters more than your weight when it comes to living longer. A groundbreaking study of 400,000 people reveals why doctors should focus less on BMI and more on measuring ...

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

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

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

Dementia cases had lower BMI and waist circumference and faster declines; HDL levels generally higher predementia ...

“Men with a waistline larger than 90 cm and women ... BMI was first developed by Belgian sociologist, astronomer and mathematician Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet in the 1830s. He created a ...

The healthy weight range is based on a measurement known as the body mass index (BMI). This can be determined if you know your weight and your height. The Body Mass Index (or BMI) is a way of ...

The report’s findings suggest that BMI — the measurement traditionally ... The Lancet report suggests that another metric is far more useful when determining a patient’s overall health ...

Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of height and weight, but combined with other measurements, such as waist ...

Kushner also said that the commission does not recommend doing away with BMI entirely but stressed the importance of also using this other important metric in order to get a more accurate picture ...