BMI wasn’t calculated with women or people of color in mind—and it also gets thrown out of whack when attempting to ...

There’s a newer health metric growing in popularity among medical experts and fitness freaks, which offers a better ...

Question: I read that physicians were moving away from the body mass index. But at my last physical, my BMI was used. Is my ...

VMPL New Delhi [India] October 10 Maintaining a healthy weight is essential for overall well-being and one of the most ...

BMI is a numerical value calculated by dividing a person’s weight in pounds by their height in inches squared, then ...

Despite widespread criticism, BMI continues to be the go-to for measuring some health risks. Now the "body roundness index" ...

Increased body fat elevates estrogen production, potentially fueling growth of hormone-positive breast cancers, researchers ...

Background 10% of postmenopausal breast cancer cases are attributed to a high body mass index (BMI). BMI underestimates body ...

About 40% of hormone-positive breast cancers in postmenopausal women might be linked to excess body fat, researchers reported ...

Hormone receptor stratification showed that differences in population-attributable risk fractions by body fat were only observed in hormone receptor–positive cases.