For decades, we've used body mass index (BMI) to infer the basic health of ... and obesity medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. So when it comes to the individual, “this metric ...

Share on Pinterest A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.

Body mass index (BMI) has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health – and often still is. But earlier this month, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new ...

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all ...

The calculation, however, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. One major critique of BMI is that it doesn’t ...

If the term body mass index (BMI) sends a shudder of anxiety down your spine, you're not alone. The test — meant to measure a person's body fat based on their height-to-weight ratio — has been ...

For years, the method physicians have used to determine whether a person has obesity is to calculate their BMI — or body mass index. BMI is a quick and inexpensive estimate based on weight and ...

your body mass index, or BMI, is the one that may be most likely ... adolescent and young adult medicine at Children’s National Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland. Instead, it is one of ...

However, Graham isn’t your run-of-the-mill skinny model. With a rumoured BMI of over 29, at the time, the 35-year-old mother-of-three and body-positive activist was hovering on the cusp of ...