BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

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 ...

Even now, as the crisis worsens with the new definition of obesity, the reflex is to reach for prescription drugs to “solve” ...

Elevated body mass index (BMI) and physical inactivity are metabolic drivers of hypertension-related chronic kidney disease (HT-CKD), with elevated BMI exerting a greater impact, according to a study ...

A new study suggests there may be a better mathematical tool for determining potential health problems linked to body fat than the nearly 200-year-old Body Mass Index. The study, published in the ...

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI). The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among ...

SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in healthcare and public health to ...

Excess body weight appears to be a direct cause of vascular dementia, with the damage largely driven by high blood pressure.

Prepregnancy maternal underweight is associated with lower BMI in infants conceived via ART, with sex-specific elevations in ...

Obesity is a common risk factor for various long-term conditions (LTCs), according to a February study published in Nature Communications.