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.

The report, published in the Annals of Family Medicine in June, found that BMI is unreliable at predicting a person’s risk of ...

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 ...

Instead, they concluded that a direct measurement of body fat using a fairly inexpensive ... “For example, people who are bodybuilders can really elevate their body mass index,” Orlando said. “But ...

For decades now, obesity has been defined by a number on a scale or where you land on the body mass index (BMI) measure. But ...

Weight is a visible, cheap and easy metric – but it doesn’t reflect what matters most: diet quality, physical activity, blood ...

It turns out that obesity may be much more complicated than we thought, with the condition potentially existing in up to 11 ...

A smart scale can help you stay consistent and accountable in a variety of ways. Most even have multiple user profiles, so ...

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New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown that caloric intake is the main ...

The body mass index (BMI) is often used to assess health risks, but a recent study questions its reliability. Researchers ...

MRI findings indicate that smoking is linked to reduced brain volume, raising concerns about dementia risk, especially with ...