BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

BMI has long been controversial among healthcare professionals—yet the obsession with how to calculate BMI persists. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental ...

BMI is not an accurate predictor of health because it does not account for body fat percentage or body fat distribution. In addition, BMI cannot accurately predict the health of different demographics ...

BMI, also referred to as Body Mass Index, is a method used in screening one’s body fat. This is done by measuring the height and weight of a person and converting it into their equivalent BMI.

British Heart Foundation warns that waist measurements over 38 inches for men and 31 inches for women may indicate increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke ...

Watch the new CBSN Originals documentary, “Speaking Frankly | Fat Shaming,” in the video player above. It’s a simple little tool that’s been used by doctors for decades, but the system of measuring ...

The 8th-grader calls attention to issues of measuring BMI in schools. An 8th-grade girl from Indiana wrote a letter to her school and refused to calculate her BMI for a class assignment. — -- An ...

Using body mass index (BMI) to detect excess body weight fails to identify more than a quarter of children with excess body fat percentage who may, in fact, be obese, according to new research ...

“It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate over the years," one doctor says. “It’s scary to think that we may have been using a ...

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