BMI is measured by dividing your weight by the square of your ... “At-home measurements will only give a ballpark — the clinic-based machines are more precise.” The new study analyzed data on 4,252 ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI. Here's what they recommend using instead.

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.

While the new recommendations still uses BMI as a "first pass" screening tool, it drills down into whether a person has pre-clinical obesity or clinic obesity with other means of measure, Dr ...

As per a prospective cohort study, waist circumference along with BMI modestly improves the prediction of which postmenopausal women are at a higher risk for premature death.

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Stanford says that whenever she assesses people in her clinic, she doesn’t talk to her patients about BMI or consider it when creating a health plan. “I want to get a health picture of who you ...

In BMI world, a body mass between 18.5 and 24.9 is a healthy weight, between 25 and 29.9 is overweight, between 30 and 34.9 is obese, between 35 and 39.9 is class 2 obesity, and anything greater ...