New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

The global prevalence of OA attributed to high BMI has steadily increased over the past 3 decades, particularly among women and in high-SDI regions.

The higher a person’s body mass index, the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, such as readmission.

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Interactions between body mass index (BMI), birth weight and risk parameters may contribute to diseases rather than the individual effects of each factor. However this ...

A BMI of 25 to 29.9 defines overweight; a BMI of 30 or greater represents obesity. Obesity may be subclassified as class I, 30 to 34.9; class II, 35 to 39.9; and class III (extreme obesity), 40 or ...

It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate over the years," ...

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health ...