A person’s BMI is calculated by dividing his or her weight by the square of his or her height in feet.

Older women with larger waist circumference may be at a much greater risk of dying for any given BMI, according to ...

As per a prospective cohort study, waist circumference along with BMI modestly improves the prediction of which postmenopausal women are at a higher risk for premature death.

A document endorsed by more than 56 experts worldwide, published in 'The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology', proposes a change in narrative to align with "a chronic metabolic disease and understand ...

The most prevalent complications among newly identified people with obesity were hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 21): BMI, a unit of the Fitch Group, has revised its 2024 forecast for Bursa Malaysia-listed third-month crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts upward to RM3,850 per tonne from ...

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.

Breast cancer patients may have inferior recurrence-free survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy if they are overweight or obese at diagnosis.

Benson Boone, Taylor Swift and Universal Music Publishing Group won top honors at the 2025 BMI Pop Awards.

Arkansas was the first state to start sending letters home flagging students' Body Mass Index. Twenty years later, they do not appear to have had any effect on childhood obesity.

Medical experts, including sports physicians from Medilux, emphasize that BMI should never be treated as a target in ...

Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts January 21, 2025 at 4:00 a.m. by The Associated Press ...