BMI has long been controversial among healthcare professionals—yet the obsession with how to calculate BMI persists. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental ...

Elevated body mass index (BMI) and physical inactivity are metabolic drivers of hypertension-related chronic kidney disease (HT-CKD), with elevated BMI exerting a greater impact, according to a study ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study.

Prepregnancy maternal underweight is associated with lower BMI in infants conceived via ART, with sex-specific elevations in ...

SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in healthcare and public health to ...

A recently-published study suggests that a body "roundness" index may be a better measure of health than body mass index (BMI). The article, called "Body Roundness Index and All-Cause Mortality Among ...

A new study suggests there may be a better mathematical tool for determining potential health problems linked to body fat than the nearly 200-year-old Body Mass Index. The study, published in the ...

Excess body weight appears to be a direct cause of vascular dementia, with the damage largely driven by high blood pressure.

"What is good for the heart is good for the brain," one researcher says.

The Body Roundness Index is a novel body composition measurement that is touted as being a more accurate alternative to Body Mass Index. In a large retrospective study of 33,000 US adults, researchers ...

TyG-BMI is a stronger predictor of CRC risk than the TyG index, showing a linear association with CRC incidence. Subgroup analysis reveals a significant link between TyG-BMI and CRC risk, especially ...

Higher BMI is linked to worse PROMIS profiles and increased opioid use among patients seeking spine care, despite similar pain intensity across BMIs.