Body mass index (BMI) has long been considered flawed and imprecise. A newer metric, body roundness index (BRI) could be a ...

At 5'10" and 200 pounds, Maher says she has an estimated 170 pounds of lean muscle mass on her body. "That BMI doesn't really tell you what I can do," she says. "It doesn't tell you what I do on ...

A new study suggests that the DNA some modern Japanese people have inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers may increase BMI.

The study, which used genetic data from Iceland and the UK Biobank, looked at whether disease risks associated with ...

The most-searched topics of 2024 illustrate a community engaged in understanding their health and staying informed. As the ...

Recently, researchers set out to explore whether your body weight or your fitness level is a better predictor of your heart ...

Obesity and body mass index in the U.S. have decreased for the first time in more than a decade.

BMI and depressed mood explained small parts (3.0% and 2.3%, respectively) of variance in knee pain. BMI explained a substantial part of variance in both self-reported (9.8%) and performance-based ...

The study, which used genetic data from Iceland and the UK Biobank, looked at whether disease risk associated with BMI-related sequence variants are explained completely or partially by their ...

High BMI in pregnancy approximately doubled the risk for insomnia among offspring and was not fully explained by familial factors.

Patients can now change their MyChart settings to if they don't want to discuss their weight or BMI during clinic visits.

BMI and depressed mood explained small parts of variance in knee pain. BMI explained a substantial part of variance in activity limitations, while depressed mood made a small contribution.