The ratio of a person's waist measurement compared to their height is more reliable than body mass index (BMI) at predicting ...

The question has perplexed women for centuries: what makes them attractive? Now scientists say the secret is not the face, legs or body shape - it's the body's volume ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...

Body mass index (BMI) is the standard measurement healthcare providers use to assess body composition and risk for certain diseases using a weight-to-height ratio. However, that doesn't mean it's the ...

Objective Body mass index (BMI), and its adjustment for age and sex as a z-score, is a common measure of excess weight but performs poorly in children. Waist circumference to height ratio (WHtR), ...

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a ...

Lexis Dotson-Dufault’s second pregnancy, like her first, was marked by incessant vomiting. She suffered from the pregnancy-related condition hyperemesis gravidarum, and she wasn’t prepared to parent.

Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most common and criticized tools in medicine for evaluating people’s weight and health risks. In recent decades, the use of BMI has come under scrutiny for ...

A few weeks ago as I was putting my shoes on after a Sunday morning barre session, I overheard a pair of fellow class-takers talking about their exercise schedule for the week: barre today, then an at ...

Background: An innovative way to quantify obesity that appropriately captures levels of visceral and body fat is the Body Roundness Index (BRI). The purpose of this study is to look at the ...