Calculating your body mass index (BMI) involves using a simple formula with your weight (in pounds or kilograms) and height (in inches or meters). BMI is used to estimate your body fat and establish ...

Overcoming an all-or-nothing mindset promotes long-term weight loss. You can measure your BMI with a scale, but it's not accurate as an indicator of health. We break down the history behind BMI and ...

Over the years, body mass index (BMI) has been both hailed and excoriated as a measure of health. Because research ties obesity to negative health outcomes, including heart disease and cancer, BMI has ...

In general, people are considered to be at a healthy weight if their BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. A BMI of 25 or more is ...

Visceral fat increases your risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. Here's how to get rid of it.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The difference between your BMI and BRI, how to assess your body composition with these tools, and what to do if your numbers are high. Dr. Wajahat Mehal, director of the ...

Reader Larry Stoter suggested the formula for body mass index needs a shake-up, perhaps being more like density, so based on the cube, rather than square, of height Letters, 1 October. I have ...

Many people with “normal” body mass indexes may still be obese, new research suggests. The study, which will be presented Friday in Chicago at ENDO 2023, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, ...

According to the CDC, 42% of Americans are considered obese. There aren’t enough obesity medicine specialists to see them all. Brand medications are on the FDA shortage list and natural methods such ...

There are nuances to diagnosing and helping overweight patients. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a newsletter on how to navigate medical and public health challenges. Click here to get the ...