New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

One tool doctors have long used to measure ideal body weight is body mass index (BMI). It's a measure of your body weight in kilograms divided by the square of your height in meters. You can ...

Body mass index (BMI), which is measured by taking a person’s body weight and dividing the square of their height, has long ...

For decades, body mass index has been the go-to metric for defining healthy weight ranges, but its usefulness as a reliable ...

Waist-to-height ratio should be used in conjunction with BMI to assess overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, a ...

Findings of a study comparing waist circumference to BMI for predicting the development of obesity-related cancers show that ...

A MUM has been left fuming after receiving a letter from her daughter’s school calling the five-year-old “obese”. Samantha ...

The size of a man’s waistband is a better predictor of cancer risk than traditional body mass index measurements, research ...

Because WC is harder to measure accurately and consistently than BMI, its values tend to vary more. To ensure a fair comparison, the researchers adjusted for measurement errors in both WC and BMI.

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...