For years, doctors have warned that carrying excess weight is bad for the heart and blood vessels. Now, a major body of ...

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 ...

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

Scientists have identified a potential link between higher BMI and a ' devastating disease ', following new research. BMI - ...

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 ...

Body mass index is widely used to assess the human body’s obesity, health, fitness, eligibility as a surgical candidate or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Higher BMI was linked to worse biopsychosocial PROs and greater opioid use among patients requiring spine care.

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 ...