BMI has long been controversial among healthcare professionals—yet the obsession with how to calculate BMI persists. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

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 is widely used to assess the human body’s obesity, health, fitness, eligibility as a surgical candidate or ...

WEBVTT REALLY MEASURE UP. LISA: WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR WEIGHT, MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER, AND IT TURNS OUT THE SAME IT BE TRUE FOR YOUR SCALE. CONSUMER REPORTS TESTED SIX DIFFERENT SCALES. >> THEY PASS ...

Watch the new CBSN Originals documentary, “Speaking Frankly | Fat Shaming,” in the video player above. It’s a simple little tool that’s been used by doctors for decades, but the system of measuring ...

The 8th-grader calls attention to issues of measuring BMI in schools. An 8th-grade girl from Indiana wrote a letter to her school and refused to calculate her BMI for a class assignment. — -- An ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. When it comes to achieving a healthy body weight, some men ...

“It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate over the years," one doctor says. “It’s scary to think that we may have been using a ...

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