Overcoming an all-or-nothing mindset promotes long-term weight loss. You can measure your BMI with a scale, but it's not accurate as an indicator of health. We break down the history behind BMI and ...

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, ...

BMI is a quick way to check if someone is at a healthy weight. Traditional BMI doesn't account for factors like age, muscle, or ethnicity. Pregnancy weight gain recommendations depend on your BMI ...

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 is a measure of body weight to the square of your height. A higher BMI indicates higher and unhealthy body fat, which may lead to various health problems. To determine your BMI, a ...

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 ...

Waist-to-height ratio ‘outperforms’ BMI in identification of serious health risks, analysis of over 120,000 people suggests ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Vaccine hopefuls lined up at Moscone Center in San Francisco Monday, the first day for Tier 1C, which opens eligibility to people who are 16 to 64 with various health conditions ...

Imagine a sales rep comes to your clinic office to pitch a new gadget to gauge your patients' health. They tell you that it's not nearly as good as the measures you already have. It performs even ...