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

Explore how overweight and obesity are classified using BMI and other methods and understand the limitations of relying on ...

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" ...

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

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

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.