The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all ...

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

While BMI can help identify individuals at higher risk of health problems, the Commission emphasizes that it is not a direct measure of body fat. BMI fails to account for fat distribution and ...

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...

Being obese at the time of MGUS diagnosis was associated with a 27% increase in the risk of progression to MM.

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A study of over 458,000 individuals finds that waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio are stronger predictors of ...

Two people with the same BMI can have drastically different health risks depending on where their body fat is stored. BMI doesn’t tell the whole story! A new report suggests redefining obesity ...