New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

The month you were born may shape your body fat, study finds - People conceived in colder months may end up with lower BMI ...

Smart scales track changes in your muscle mass, body fat percentage and other health metrics — but how do they work?

One tool doctors have long used to measure ideal body weight is body mass index (BMI). It's a measure of your body weight in kilograms divided by the square of your height in meters. You can ...

For the past decade, the body mass index formula has been used to deny or delay abortion care, despite researchers finding ...

Donald Trump has completed his first physical of his second term at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, by Dr. Sean Barbabella.

Emotional eating and body dissatisfaction mediate links between BMI changes and mental health. These psychosocial factors ...

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 ...

Rising rates of heart disease are claiming more lives each year, and researchers now believe a lesser-known body measure may offer clues about your future heart health. In recent findings from a large ...

For decades, the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the gold standard for measuring body fat and assessing health risks. However, as research evolves, experts are identifying new metrics that offer a ...

A woman diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer has told the BBC the NHS said her Body Mass Index (BMI) was too high to ...