A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in ...

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They pointed out that BMI can classify some people with a “normal” BMI, even when they have a high percentage of body fat. A ...

Japan: A large-scale Japanese study has uncovered complex relationships between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference ...

A prospective cohort study found that stratifying BMI categories by BMI-specific waist circumference thresholds modestly ...

Health and wellness experts unanimously agreed that Body Mass Index (BMI) should not be taken as an accurate indicator of overall health. They said it must be considered within the context of other ...

BMI has long been used as a standard measure of obesity, endorsed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and ...

A new study has found that your belly might reveal more about your brain health than your bathroom scales do, especially if ...

Excess weight may increase the risk of developing breast cancer among postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease, ...

Breast cancer patients may have inferior recurrence-free survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy if they are overweight or obese at diagnosis.

The higher a person’s BMI, the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as higher rates of emergency department visits and readmission.