While surfing the web the other day I saw a headline including the phrase “Why BMI is Useless” and I just had to click. The article (from the Daily Mail) went on to describe how a New York firm called ...

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI). The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among ...

A new report recommends doctors stop using Body Mass Index to diagnose obesity because it isn't nuanced enough. Doctors should consider a patient's overall health instead of their weight, it said. A ...

The BMI scale is B.S. Roughly 54 million Americans — including the entire roster of the AFC Champion Denver Broncos — are healthy despite having body-mass indexes in the “overweight” range, a new ...

To explain how even mild weight gain affects health, Dr V Mohan, Chairman of Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and President of the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, spoke to HT Lifestyle. He ...

Scientists have developed a new way to measure whether a person is too fat without having people step on the scale. The new measure, called the Body Adiposity Index, or BAI, relies on height and hip ...

Just a few months after having her second baby, singer and actress Pink posted a photo on Instagram of herself working out. But she wasn’t bragging about her “post-baby body.” Instead, she shared an ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio market research analysts forecast the global smart weight, body composition, and BMI scales market to grow at a CAGR of close to 6% during the period 2018-2022, ...