Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DOThe body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to determine whether their patients are ...

A WOMAN who's classed as borderline "obese" has hit out at the "flawed" BMI system. Hannah, who is 5ft 10in tall and a regular gymgoer, showed off her impressive washboard abs in a pair of low ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

The question is: why are we still using BMI and what dangers does doing so hold, particularly for Black women like me? The origins of BMI (and why it’s so problematic) The first thing to know ...

Young-age' (20–39 years), 'Middle-age' (40–59 years), and 'Older-age' (60–79 years) adults that were compared with each other after being matched by body weight and BMI. The males showed an ...

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a ...

"Right we all know BMI is bulls**t but some of you still have this really intense emotional connection with the scales," she said. "So I'm here to remind you that if you lift weight you are not ...