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 ...

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a key tool for assessing weight categories and potential health risks, estimating body fat based on ...

Curious if your body mass index is on track? Google can help. A Google search for “bmi calculator” now surfaces an interactive tool that lets users enter their weight and height to determine their BMI ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: For years, my BMI index has been right at or below 25. It’s OK, not great, but at least I made it to age 82! On my recent visit to my primary care physician, my BMI was slightly higher ...

Still, the findings reinforce what other research has suggested: thinness is not always protective, and extra weight is not ...

BMI doesn't tell the full story of health, says a new University of Waterloo study. The measure may reinforce bias and ...

BRI compares your waistline to your height, giving a score somewhere between one and 20 For years, we’ve been told that BMI is the final word on whether or not someone can be deemed a healthy weight ...

Although BMI is what most doctors use to track weight loss, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the most accurate.