John Fogerty is set to receive BMI’s 2025 Troubadour Award at a private event at BMI’s Nashville office on Sept. 8. According ...

Background Heart auscultation is a widely used and cost-effective clinical tool for detecting valvular heart disease (VHD), ...

Introduction Burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to rise in low- and middle-income countries like Kenya. People with HIV (PWH) may be at greater risk for obesity and NCDs. National ...

The average woman's weight can vary depending on age, physical traits, certain health conditions, metabolism, appetite, and activity level.

I don’t believe someone’s weight should be dictated to them by a doctor or body mass index (BMI), which is an increasingly outdated barometer that doesn’t take into account factors like muscle mass.

BMI Chart When your BMI is calculated, that number falls into a specific category that indicates how “normal” or healthy your weight is for your height. Here’s a standard BMI chart ...

Higher BMI cutoffs are needed to diagnose overweight and obesity in male athletes, researchers reported in a study published in Nutrients. Using a BMI cutoff of 25 kg/m2 to diagnose overweight and ...

Waist-to-hip ratio measures the ratio of your waist size to your hip size. It’s an alternative to body mass index, or BMI, and can suggest how much visceral fat you have. See our chart, and ...

So, the big question: How much should you weigh? A BMI chart based on your height and weight can give you some clues as to whether you fall within your healthy, average weight range.

A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging the traditional view of weight status. The findings suggest that BMI ...

About The Study: Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) excise taxes were associated with reduced mean body mass index (BMI) among adults in demographic subgroups, including in young adults who ...