A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

But a new study says it might be time to toss that metric aside for good. CNN reported that researchers from the University of Florida analyzed data from over 4,200 adults and found that BMI may ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass ...

Objective Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in young adults, and greater adiposity is considered a major risk factor. However, whether there is an association between obesity and diabetes and how ...

Body mass index, or BMI for short, is a measure of body weight based on your height. For decades, BMI has been a way to measure whether someone is at a healthy weight. In general, people are ...

The higher a person's body mass index (BMI), the higher their risk for complications after bariatric surgery, especially those with BMI of 50 or more, according to a new study presented today at ...