When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...
Is BMI the best way to assess weight and health? (Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo Life; photos: Getty Images) Body mass index (BMI) is a simple tool for assessing whether an individual falls ...
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Childhood Fatty Liver Prediction, This Indicator Is More Accurate Than BMI
In a study conducted in collaboration with the pediatric and adolescent departments of six university hospitals in Korea, ...
A body mass index in the range considered overweight is not necessarily associated with a higher risk of death, a new study has found. The research is the latest addition to a growing body of evidence ...
In the world of health metrics, BMI, or Body Mass Index, has long been the go-to measure for assessing obesity. But there's a new metric on the horizon: the Body Roundness Index, or BRI that some say ...
A growing number of researchers are calling for the end of BMI as a measure of health, arguing it’s outdated, misleading, and rooted in discrimination.
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