Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health risk — fails in predicting the risk of future death, ...

As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

Body fat analysis is a better means of predicting a person’s health than body mass index Body fat and waist circumference both significantly predicted people’s 15-year risk of death BMI did ...

Discover how smoking during pregnancy may increase childhood obesity risk, according to new research from Washington State ...

(CNN) — When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients ...

Florida State University highlights BMIs limitations in predicting health risks Experts reveal that relying solely on weight may misguide health assessments.

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a building at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle on Monday, according to a student newspaper. The Daily, a UW student newspaper, reported Monday that t… ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...