When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in ...

The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to ...

Higher BMI cutoffs are needed to diagnose overweight and obesity in male athletes, researchers reported in a study published ...

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognised body mass index (BMI) cut-off points ...

“Parents can help prevent childhood obesity by focusing on their child’s diet, activity, and sleep within the home through ...

BMI misclassifies athletic bodies. New research calls for revised BMI cut-offs to better assess young male athletes’ health ...

The study, from Italy, also proposes new cut-off points for overweight and obesity in this group. Body mass index (BMI) is a key method for measuring people's weight status, defining whether they ...

Findings showed patients on setmelanotide saw a mean BMI reduction of 16.5% from baseline ... for the treatment of acquired hypothalamic obesity. Setmelanotide, a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist ...