Study shows people with high body fat are 78% more likely to die and three times more likely to die from heart disease, ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

Recent research — notably data from the University of Pennsylvania — has confirmed that BMI is a less accurate indicator of health than many once thought, largely because BMI can’t tell you ...

But a movement to shift away from BMI as a measure of individual health risk alone is gaining steam: Last week, the American Medical Association adopted a new policy on the index, noting ...

BMI is a good measure of health after all, new study finds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 12 / 181211112934.htm ...

WASHINGTON — A high BMI, or body mass index, is one of the underlying health conditions that can qualify you for a vaccine in D.C., Virginia, and now in Maryland. With about 40% of U.S. adults ...

Our study asked how useful it really is for detecting the health effects of obesity by pitching it against more objective body scan measures. We found that trunk fat is the most damaging to health, ...