Baylor College of Medicine

Body fat percentage vs. BMI - Which is important?

The start of a new year for many means the start of a new health and fitness journey. Claire Edgemon, senior registered dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine, provides insight on how knowing your ...
CNN

BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here’s a better way to measure weight

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 ...
Medical Xpress

Should we ditch BMI and use the 'body roundness index' instead?

Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person's body fat levels. To calculate someone's BMI, you divide their weight in kilograms by their ...
NPR

BMI is a limited measurement for body composition. Could BIA be the replacement?

BMI is still commonly used to assess obesity even though research has shown it's not necessarily a reliable metric. A new study proposes doctors instead use technology that can measure body fat. Body ...