The NHS has an online BMI calculator to help people check if they are of a healthy weight or not. Body mass index is used to determine if your weight is appropriate for your height, and if you are ...

15:16, Wed, Apr 8, 2020 Updated: 07:40, Wed, Jul 1, 2020 BMI is used by healthcare professionals to figure out how overweight someone is. Working out your BMI at home will give you an indication of ...

BRI compares your waistline to your height, giving a score somewhere between one and 20 For years, we’ve been told that BMI is the final word on whether or not someone can be deemed a healthy weight ...

Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are inappropriate and worsening health inequalities, according to a new study published in BMC Medicine ...

Public Health England wants GPs to measure and record patients’ BMI routinely as part of a future strategy to cut adult obesity rates. PHE called for obesity to become one of three key priority areas ...

DO you really know if you are a healthy weight? Sure, you might not think you are fat but are those few extra pounds increasing your risk of health problems in the future? Knowing your BMI can help ...

EVERY DAY people are bombarded with the newest fad diets or the best workouts to burn calories. But if there’s one thing that’s sure to help you shift the pounds it’s knowing exactly how many calories ...

THERE are calls for the Body Mass Index measurement - BMI - to be scrapped. Proponents for its abandonment argue that it is at best a poor predictor of overall health and wellbeing, while at worst may ...

The NHS's 'healthy weight' calculator has been wrongly advising overweight people to eat hundreds of excess calories per day, a scientist has claimed. The error meant ...

For years, we’ve been told that BMI is the final word on whether or not someone can be deemed a healthy weight for their height. But no longer, according to the NHS’ own body mass index calculator.