Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most common and criticized tools in medicine for evaluating ...

We calculate BMI using the standard formula of a person's mass in kg divided by the square of their height in metres (kg/m2) and display it to one decimal place. Where a user's data is entered in ...

For more than 30 years we have been wedded to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the sole criterion for deciding whether someone is obese or not. It is used by most health authorities to classify both ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — For the longest time, the Body Mass Index (BMI) has been the go-to for evaluating body fat and health.

We calculate BMI using the standard formula of a person's mass in kg divided by the square of their height in metres (kg/m2) and display it to one decimal place. Where a user's data is entered in ...

They also point out that BMI standard values are based on the data of a largely caucasian population, and that their transferability to other ethnic groups is at least questionable.