BMI, also referred to as Body Mass Index, is a method used in screening one’s body fat. This is done by measuring the height and weight of a person and converting it into their equivalent BMI.

For more than 30 years we have been wedded to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the sole criterion for deciding whether someone is obese or not. It is used by most health authorities to classify both ...

What's your number -- under 25 or over 35? Body mass index (BMI) may not be a term that's on everyone's lips, but it's important for your health to understand what it is and to know your number.

Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most common and criticized tools in medicine for evaluating people’s weight and health risks. In recent decades, the use of BMI has come under scrutiny for ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for ...

The Body Roundness Index is a novel body composition measurement that is touted as being a more accurate alternative to Body Mass Index. In a large retrospective study of 33,000 US adults, researchers ...

A major rethink of how obesity is measured could mean up to 60% more adults are classed as obese, researchers warn. At ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is moving to Phase 1b of the vaccine rollout in the state, meaning almost 2.7 million people are now eligible to get the shot. Gov. Henry McMaster announced that people ...