Elevated BMI, physical inactivity are metabolic drivers of hypertension-related chronic kidney disease

Elevated body mass index (BMI) and physical inactivity are metabolic drivers of hypertension-related chronic kidney disease (HT-CKD), with elevated BMI exerting a greater impact, according to a study ...
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Does BMI Account for Muscle? Experts Explain Why It’s Not the Best Measure of Health

Body mass index (BMI) is a widely-used screening tool to estimate body fat using height and weight. It categorizes people as “underweight,” “normal weight,” “overweight” and “obese” based on these ...
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High BMI exposed as direct trigger for vascular dementia in major study

For years, doctors have warned that carrying excess weight is bad for the heart and blood vessels. Now, a major body of ...
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How to Calculate BMI—And Two Numbers You Should Pay Attention to Instead

BMI has long been controversial among healthcare professionals—yet the obsession with how to calculate BMI persists. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental ...

BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here’s a better way to measure weight

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.
Medical Xpress

Should we ditch BMI and use the 'body roundness index' instead?

Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person's body fat levels. To calculate someone's BMI, you divide their weight in kilograms by their ...

Westfield Health Bulletin: What’s the real skinny on BMI?

Body mass index is widely used to assess the human body’s obesity, health, fitness, eligibility as a surgical candidate or ...
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Body Mass Index (BMI): What It Tells You — And What It Doesn’t

SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in healthcare and public health to ...
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BMI has its flaws. Is the 'body roundness index' any better?

New research points to a better way to measure obesity than body mass index. Body mass index was first developed in 1832 and has been the standard way to estimate a person’s body fat since the 1980s.
Clinical Pain Advisor

Higher BMI Linked to Worse Biopsychosocial Profiles in Patients Requiring Spine Care

Higher BMI is linked to worse PROMIS profiles and increased opioid use among patients seeking spine care, despite similar pain intensity across BMIs.
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Body Roundness Index may be better health indicator than BMI, study says

A new study suggests there may be a better mathematical tool for determining potential health problems linked to body fat than the nearly 200-year-old Body Mass Index. The study, published in the ...
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BRI vs BMI: Why Body Roundness Index may be a better health indicator than Body Mass Index

In the world of health metrics, BMI, or Body Mass Index, has long been the go-to measure for assessing obesity. But there's a new metric on the horizon: the Body Roundness Index, or BRI that some say ...