A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in ...

They pointed out that BMI can classify some people with a “normal” BMI, even when they have a high percentage of body fat. A ...

BMI has long been used as a standard measure of obesity, endorsed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and ...

A prospective cohort study found that stratifying BMI categories by BMI-specific waist circumference thresholds modestly ...

Japan: A large-scale Japanese study has uncovered complex relationships between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference ...

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI).

Body weight significantly influenced right heart function and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension, with both extremes ...

Excess weight may increase the risk of developing breast cancer among postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease, ...

A new study has found that your belly might reveal more about your brain health than your bathroom scales do, especially if ...

Breast cancer patients may have inferior recurrence-free survival after neoadjuvant chemotherapy if they are overweight or obese at diagnosis.