A recent study found body fat percentage is a more accurate predictor of mortality than BMI.

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. The issue is that BMI measures health risk by calculating height and weight.

ABSTRACT Background: Reliable measurement of basal energy expenditure (BEE) in liver transplant (LT) recipients is necessary for adapting energy requirements, improving nutritional status and ...

BMI (body mass index) has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. The truth is a little more complicated, doctors say.

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index (BMI) also had confirmed excess adiposity.

BMI measurement doesn't offer an accurate picture of health for African American women.

What is pre-clinical obesity? A new report redefines obesity using broader criteria than body mass index (BMI), focusing on organ function and body fat metrics.

If you're trying to lose weight, your research has probably led you to an array of crash diets and weight-loss pills ...

The study highlights BMI's role in mediating genetic risk for diseases, suggesting a complex relationship with conditions like heart failure and osteoarthritis.

The debate between BMI and BRI as health indicators continues, with BRI showing promise in predicting health risks.

Rigzone has contacted Trump and Harris for comment on the BMI report, Brown’s analysis, and Malloy’s statement.