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 ...

What's your number -- under 25 or over 35? Body mass index (BMI) may not be a term that's on everyone's lips, but it's important for your health to understand what it is and to know your number.

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely used method to measure whether a person’s weight is appropriate for their height. The formula is simple: BMI = Weight (kg) ÷ Height² (m²) Example: 70 kg, 6 feet tall ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been criticized as a flawed method for measuring obesity — and now a group of experts is sharing new recommendations. BMI is a formula that uses a person's height and ...

BMI is still commonly used to assess obesity even though research has shown it's not necessarily a reliable metric. A new study proposes doctors instead use technology that can measure body fat. Body ...

Reader Larry Stoter suggested the formula for body mass index needs a shake-up, perhaps being more like density, so based on the cube, rather than square, of height Letters, 1 October. I have ...