The CDC provides a BMI calculator for children and teens. A person enters the child’s height, weight, age, and sex. The results give the BMI and indicate whether the weight is in a healthy range.

Excess body weight includes the terms ‘overweight’ and ‘obesity.’ Having excess body weight is clearly linked to an overall increased risk of cancer. According to research from the American Cancer ...

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

In 2021, over 15 million children and young adolescents and 172 million adults were overweight or obese. This represents a ...

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

Doctoral student Westley Fallavollita shares ways mentors can play a positive role for teens and their digital wellness.

The actual calculation is your weight (in kilograms) divided by your height (in metres) squared but it's also easy to read on the chart. BMI can be divided into several categories and generally ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular body mass index (BMI) measure. The new guidance comes from the ...

But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The ...

As the 2025 BMI Champion Award recipient, Peso Pluma joins a distinguished list of past honorees, including SZA, Khalid, ...

Based on the chart below, you can calculate your BMI to see if it indicates you are underweight, a healthy weight, overweight, or obese. If you score below 18.5, then your BMI is underweight.

A global commission gathered by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology magazine argues that BMI, the conventional method for assessing obesity, yields inaccurate results. They recommend confirming ...