Monitoring your health begins with understanding your body composition, and one of the simplest ways to do that is by using a BMI calculator.

ANAHEIM, Calif.­­­—A study that tracked body mass index (BMI) two years prior to the pandemic and one year after the start of the pandemic in a primarily Medicaid pediatric population in Norfolk, ...

To investigate whether, diet, physical activity, sedentary behavior or television (TV) viewing predicted body mass index (BMI) among 3–7-y-old children. Although diet, physical activity and sedentary ...

The beginning was in 2003. Laws requiring school systems to evaluate children using body-mass index (BMI) instruments—a common approach for grouping people based on height and weight—have passed 29 ...

The relationship between semen quality and BMI has been examined in several observational studies ( Table 1 and Table 2). Studies set in infertility clinics have the advantage of investigating obesity ...

Table 3 shows the ORs (95% CIs) of having IOP≥18 mm Hg when comparing subjects with increased BMI to subjects with normal BMI using unadjusted and adjusted models. Men with abnormal BMI compared with ...

It is difficult to have a successful weight loss journey if you don't know your destination. This post is dedicated to helping you answer a surprisingly difficult question: What is my ideal weight? A ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals. However ...

Once again, the obesity paradox appears to be evident, with results of a large cohort of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) suggesting that high body mass index (BMI) is ...