Excess weight may increase the risk of developing breast cancer among postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease, according to a study by the World Health Organisation (WHO), published on Monday ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. The issue is that BMI measures health risk by calculating height and weight.

The prevalence of waist-to-height-ratio-estimated normal fat mass (0.40–<0.50), high fat mass (0.5–<0.53) and excess fat mass indicating obesity (≥0.53) was 20.3%, 13.6% and 64.5% ...

BMI is an estimate of body composition based on weight and height. For people of any sex, a moderate BMI is usually 18.5 to 24.9. People who know their weight and height can use a calculator to ...

The Kids BMI Calculator computes your child's body mass index (BMI). You'll learn whether your child's BMI falls into an underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese range. And, you'll better ...

For women, BMI had no significant associations with increased risk of CRC To observe the effects of BMI, WHR and WC on CRC risk, the study utilised data from the UK Biobank, a large prospective ...

Helaina Miorgan, 30, from Bolton says women shouldn’t pay attention to what their BMI says. She said: “Female empowerment is a vital part of my story and especially for women with curves.

* Overweight: BMI between 25 and 29.9 * Obesity Class I: BMI between 30 and 34.9 * Obesity Class II: BMI between 35 and 39.9 * Obesity Class III (Morbidly Obese): BMI 40 and above ...

The BMI chart is not a one-size-fits-all measure for all women, as the differences in genetics can cause the reading to be faulty when determining someone’s overall level of health.