A new test helps predict which kids face the largest genetic risk of a high body mass index (BMI) later in life.

Those with high body fat had a 78% greater risk of death and a 3.6 times increased risk of heart disease-caused mortality.

In the latest study to question the usefulness of the body mass index, researchers have found that the percentage of one’s ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk, researchers say. (iStock) They were also more than three times as likely to die of heart disease, the study noted.

Body Mass Index (BMI) uses height and weight to estimate body fat. The new index, known as Body Adiposity Index (BAI), uses hip-width and height measurements.

BMI wasn't popularized until the 1970s, when the Quetelet index was used in population-based studies related to weight and was renamed body mass index. According to the WHO, researchers in the ...

The body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet Index is a quotient of body mass which takes into account both height and weight measured as kg/m2, and is used as a simple means of classifying sedentary ...

Body mass index, or BMI, has long been the standard for measuring health. The simple formula is widely used to classify whether our weight falls within a “healthy” range for our height.

The start of a new year for many means the start of a new health and fitness journey. Claire Edgemon, senior registered dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine, provides insight on how knowing your ...

Body roundness index takes into account a person's hips and waist measurements. While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person's health, used by doctors and health insurers ...

The relation between body mass index (BMI) and mortality appears to be U-shaped in adults ages 65 and older, researchers found. The risk of mortality increased in older people with a BMI less than ...

The Opinion Pages Body Mass Index Measures Only So Much Victoria Pitts-Taylor is a professor of sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.