How to calculate your BMI to see if you are underweight, overweight, or healthy? Check the health risks of low and high BMI

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a key tool for assessing weight categories and potential health risks, estimating body fat based on ...
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BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here’s a better way to measure weight

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 into a “code ...
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A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could mean for you

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...
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Is BMI or Body Fat More Important?

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat ...

Why ‘body roundness index’ could be the new BMI, and what it says about your health

For years, we’ve been told that BMI is the final word on whether or not someone can be deemed a healthy weight for their ...
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The Most Accurate Ways to Assess Body Fat and Lean Muscle Mass

Many enjoy a fitness "bulking phase" in the winter season. Getting in the gym and lifting more is a great way to spend the year's colder months. However, gaining weight can go wrong, and you find you ...
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Body Fat More Accurately Predicts Heart Disease, Death Risk Than BMI

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...