A new study has found that BMI has its challenges as being the sole measure of obesity, especially as we age.

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

In 2008, Japan introduced the “Metabo Law,” short for the Metabolic Syndrome Countermeasures Promotion Act, which included ...

Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person's body fat levels. To calculate someone's BMI, you divide their weight in kilograms by their ...

Recent research demonstrates that comparing waist circumference to height could provide a more accurate picture than the body ...