BMI is widely used as a marker of health, but it turns out that it's not all that accurate -- especially for people of color.
Higher BMI in early adulthood and midlife is linked to better memory performance, particularly in men and Black Americans, ...
Health NZ is pushing back against the claims patients in Porirua have been declined specialist appointments based on their body mass indexes.
As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.
Body Mass Index cannot differentiate between muscle mass, fat and bone density. Doctors suggest other markers and scans to ...
A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...
When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For ...
Lower body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and higher high-density lipoprotein are seen in the decade preceding diagnosis of dementia.
Obesity has a brand new definition now. This new description of the lifestyle disease—which goes beyond the currently accepted BMI (body-mass index) norms— has been proposed in a new report published ...
Being obese at the time of MGUS diagnosis was associated with a 27% increase in the risk of progression to MM.
HealthDay News — Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), age, body mass index (BMI), and male sex are all associated with development of diabetes, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in JAMA Network ...
This small but meaningful change seen in California may add up to a generational impact on consumption, but only time will ...