What is BMI, and what have been criticisms of its usage? How is the new definition different? In what ways could it change clinical care? Will these changes be forthcoming? And while revisions are ...

But now Italian research suggests the model needs an overhaul for the over-40s and anyone with a BMI of 27 or more should be classed as obese. NHS data shows only 26 per cent of adults have a BMI ...

For decades, body mass index has been the go-to metric for defining healthy weight ranges, but its usefulness as a reliable ...

A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

Across ages 3 to 9 years, children in a responsive parenting group had a lower mean BMI than those in a control group. The impact appeared significant only for girls. Early training for parents on ...

This post hoc analysis of the TALOS-AMI study performed in South Korea examined the association between BMI and outcomes after ... whose BMI data were available (mean age, 60 years; 83.2% men).