Researchers developed a clinical environment checklist to ensure physicians are properly equipped to accommodate patients and ...

Explore how overweight and obesity are classified using BMI and other methods and understand the limitations of relying on ...

The alarming scale of the obesity problem in Reading has been starkly revealed in the latest published health statistics ...

Background 10% of postmenopausal breast cancer cases are attributed to a high body mass index (BMI). BMI underestimates body ...

A study published in the journal Addiction has found that people with opioid or alcohol use disorder (OUD, AUD) who take ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and body fat provides key insights into strength and longevity that the scale ...

Britain’s excess pounds are weighing down our economy. As Health Secretary Wes Streeting wrote in these pages, obesity ...

BMI is a numerical value calculated by dividing a person’s weight in pounds by their height in inches squared, then ...

BMI, the abbreviation for Body Mass Index, is the calculation used to classify someone as “underweight,” “normal,” ...

Flawed definitions of obesity can harm health outcomes, research indicates. The medical community is taking notice ...