Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, calling into question BMI's reliability as a health measure.

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The body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet Index is a quotient of body mass which takes into account both height and weight measured as kg/m2, and is used as a simple means of classifying sedentary ...

The higher a person's body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, especially ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.

Learn what we keep getting wrong about body mass index, and why other health metrics are more important. Your BMI Doesn't Matter as Much as You Think. Here's Why - CNET ...

April 8, 2011 — -- A new way to tell how fat a person is without having to step on a scale may replace Body Mass Index, a measure that hasn't been updated for nearly 200 years. Body Mass ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been the standard for measuring health. The simple formula is widely used to classify whether our weight falls within a “healthy” range for our height.

New research reveals that excess weight is linked to an especially high risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease. The findings are published in Cancer.

Body Roundness Index is a novel body composition measurement that is touted as being a more accurate alternative to Body Mass Index. In a large retrospective study of 33,000 U.S. adults ...

The relation between body mass index (BMI) and mortality appears to be U-shaped in adults ages 65 and older, researchers found. The risk of mortality increased in older people with a BMI less than ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.