The current BMI calculation gives tall people the short end of the stick, an Oxford mathematician says. Body mass index, or BMI, has long been used as the quickest measure of whether a person’s weight ...

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, ...

The reason BMI is not very usable for measuring an individuals health is that the BMI only takes a persons weight and height ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height. Through a calculation or by use of a BMI chart, medical professionals can determine whether a patient is ...

How much can one simple number tell you about your health? A growing body of research over the past few years has highlighted the shortcomings of the body mass index (BMI), a basic measure of ...

When Kate Townsend took her kids for their back-to-school health checkups last month, she got a surprise. The Western Springs, Illinois, mother of three wanted to make sure their vaccinations were ...

A new way of calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) has been proposed - but does it really solve any of the BMI's well-known problems? How often have we heard that Brad Pitt at the time of Fight Club, and ...