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

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 ...

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 ...

Excess body weight appears to be a direct cause of vascular dementia, with the damage largely driven by high blood pressure.