Imagine trying to work out if you are dangerously overweight without once hopping on to the bathroom scales. That's what a new method for determining body size aims to do.

A WOMAN who’s lost a staggering four stone on weight loss injections has hit back at trolls who have slammed her for ...

The study highlights BMI's role in mediating genetic risk for diseases, suggesting a complex relationship with conditions ...

Conflicting data aside, contraception experts agree that ulipristal acetate, or ella, is a more effective option for people ...

New study from /Amgen highlights the importance of BMI in pathogenesis of disease, suggesting that reducing BMI alone could lower the risk of several diseases.

Unlike BMI, which merely considers weight and height, BRI digs deeper by looking at how fat is distributed across the body ...

While the waist-to-hip ratio has long been associated with fertility and health, scientists now argue that it’s not just ...

The term BMI was first used in the mid-19th century, although the acronym wasn't officially coined until 1972 when ...

Regular monitoring of BMI starting at age 20 provides insight into whether a woman may be at risk for obesity-related heart conditions. Why it’s important: Maintaining a healthy weight can ...

Aggregated data revealed women with BMI ≥25 were less likely to attain clinical pregnancy (OR 0.76, 95% CIs 0.62 to 0.93, p=0.007), with BMI ≥30 associated with a further decreased likelihood of ...

BMI, Body Mass Index; MASLD, Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease; MHO, Metabolically Healthy Obesity; MUO, Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity. The evidence of alterations in body ...

Losing weight for people who are in the “overweight” category has very little benefit when it comes to improving health.