BMI isn't a great health indicator, because it only consists of a person's height and weight. One major issue with BMI is that it doesn't separate muscle from fat. Many doctors increasingly rely on ...

For years, body-mass-index (BMI), has been the health metric millions of us have been fixated on when it comes to determining the state of our health. But now experts say we should be focusing on ...

BMI is an estimate of body composition based on weight and height. For people of any sex, a moderate BMI is usually 18.5 to 24.9. For people assigned female at birth, BMI does have some limitations.

CHICAGO –Twice as many US adults have obesity based on assessment of their fat volume by DEXA scan compared with measurement of body mass index (BMI), a finding that highlights the shortcomings of BMI ...

Body mass index has for decades been used as a shorthand for assessing body fat and weight-related health risks. But for about just as long, critics have noted the simple calculation is laden with ...

For years, the Body Mass Index (BMI) chart has been a ubiquitous tool in doctors' offices and online calculators, providing a seemingly straightforward way to categorize individuals as underweight, ...

Notes: This calculator is based on research data pulled together by a team of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Using UN data on population size in 177 countries, ...