Critics are once again questioning the efficacy of BMI as a tool for diagnosing obesity, suggesting that a more holistic ...

A WOMAN who’s classed as borderline “obese” has hit out at the “flawed” BMI system. Hannah, who is 5ft 10in tall and a ...

The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, and obstructive sleep ...

A MUM has been left fuming after receiving a letter from her daughter’s school calling the five-year-old “obese”. Samantha ...

The nations growing obesity challenge particularly the rise in abdominal obesity is a call to action The key to better health ...

Now, new research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. The findings ...

That is why a doctor or another healthcare professional will often chart your body mass index, or BMI, during routine physicals. While BMI and other measurements such as body fat percentage do ...

Adolescent BMI amplifies genetic risk for high blood pressure, with sex-specific differences in how BMI modifies SBP ...

Researchers have found that waist circumference, which measures fat around the abdomen, is a better indicator of cancer risk ...