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 number calculated from your weight and height, which makes it an inexpensive and easy screening for weights that may lead to health problems. Go to the National Institutes ...

A study examining the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and illness suggests that a BMI of 30 or above, a signal of obesity according to federal health standards, does not translate into ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity. Use of BMI to diagnose obesity ...

Among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) older than 65 years, a body mass index (BMI) in the moderate overweight category (26-28) appears to offer better protection from cardiovascular death than does ...