"BMI is trash. Full stop." This controversial tweet, which received thousands of likes and retweets, was cited in a recent Medscape perspective by one doctor on when physicians might stop using body ...

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all communities ...

BMI (body mass index) has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. The truth is a little more complicated, doctors say.

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 ...

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 ...

Physicians use Body Mass Index (BMI) charts to help assess and monitor growth in children. The CDC recently announced a revised version of the children and adolescent BMI chart. The new chart has been ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Key Takeaways 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 ...