If you've ever stood on a scale at the doctor's office only to be told your health status based on a single number, you're ...

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...

BMI is not an accurate predictor of health because it does not account for body fat percentage or body fat distribution. In addition, BMI cannot accurately predict the health of different demographics ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height. Through a calculation or by use of a BMI chart, medical professionals can determine whether a patient is ...

Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

The largest medical association in the country is slowly changing its stance on the BMI. The American Medical Association announced that using BMI to measure health risk has significant limitations.

Body mass index (BMI) has long been a common tool for estimating a person’s relative weight status based on a simple height to weight ratio. It’s easy to calculate, widely accessible and often used to ...

All she wanted for her 40th birthday was a healthy body mass index (BMI). And three days before the big day, her dream came true: After 14 months on the WebMD Weight Loss Clinic plan, Jean had lost 50 ...