Body mass index (BMI) may not provide the most accurate screening for skeletal muscle deficits among youth with pediatric‐onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study in the Journal of ...

Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, calling into question BMI's reliability as a health measure.

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

The Kids BMI Calculator computes your child's body mass index (BMI). You'll learn whether your child's BMI falls into an underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese range.

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A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health risk — fails in predicting the risk ...

BMI calculator and BMI machine are both widely used tools for assessing health status by determining an individual's Body Mass Index (BMI), a metric that relates weight to height. While both aim to ...

A large new study has found that older adults with high triglyceride-glucose levels—a marker tied to insulin resistance and metabolic health—do not appear to be at increased risk for developing ...

Medical experts, including sports physicians from Medilux, emphasize that BMI should never be treated as a target in isolation.

New research reveals that excess weight is linked to an especially high risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease. The findings are published in Cancer.

A body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or greater is more strongly associated with breast cancer according to new research from ...