It has been updated to reflect the findings of a new report. Chances are, a doctor has at one point measured your Body Mass Index to check if you are a healthy weight. But a new report suggests ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health ...

But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The ...

Their aim is to move beyond the long-criticized Body Mass Index (BMI) in favor of combining other useful metrics. Findings detailed in a report published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology ...

BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.