"My doctor labelled me as 'overweight' and borderline 'obese.' The doctor barely looked at me before making that assessment," ...

Researchers analyzed a cohort of 402 adults (ages 25-36) from Kaiser Permanente in Northern ... me as 'borderline obese' ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...

Body mass index (BMI), which is measured by taking a person’s body weight and dividing the square of their height, has long ...

Adolescent BMI amplifies genetic risk for high blood pressure, with sex-specific differences in how BMI modifies SBP ...

Finally, Scott Kaiser, MD, a board-certified geriatrician and Director of Geriatric Cognitive Health for the Pacific Neuroscience Institute at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa ...

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A major new study from Sweden has found that waist circumference (WC)—a simple measure of abdominal fat—may be a more ...

That is why a doctor or another healthcare professional will often chart your body mass index, or BMI, during routine physicals. While BMI and other measurements such as body fat percentage do ...