Body Mass Index is a measure of body weight to the square of your height. A higher BMI indicates higher and unhealthy body fat, which may lead to various health problems. To determine your BMI, a ...

What's your number -- under 25 or over 35? Body mass index (BMI) may not be a term that's on everyone's lips, but it's important for your health to understand what it is and to know your number.

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BMI doesn’t tell the full story of health, says a new University of Waterloo study. The measure may reinforce bias and overlook key health indicators.

The main diagnostic test for obesity — the body mass index — accounts for only height and weight, leaving out a slew of factors that influence body fat and health. As an obesity physician, Fatima Cody ...

The correlation between weight and height is a common topic in the health and nutrition field. Many people wonder how much they should weigh in relation to their height, and while some formulas and ...

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In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the risk of hypertension among young individuals with body weight near the upper limit of normal body mass index (BMI).

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BMI has been integrated into the U.S. healthcare system for decades, but experts explain that the standard did not historically consider people of color The use of body mass index, or BMI, has been ...