New waist-to-height cutoffs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental factors, “your body size is not a very good ...

Long-term exposure to excess weight is a stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease risk than body mass index (BMI) at a ...

Higher levels of key steroid hormones—combined with elevated stress and body mass index (BMI)—are associated with earlier ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...

Study shows higher rate of child obesity in N.M.

Two simple eating habits — early breakfast and prolonged night fasting — are associated with a lower body mass index years later. This was reported on April 11 in the journal Science Daily.

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...

For years, body-mass-index (BMI), has been the health metric millions of us have been fixated on when it comes to determining the state of our health. But now experts say we should be focusing on ...