Obesity has an increasing trend worldwide. Recently, application of body mass index (BMI) cutoff points of obesity classification for all population studies has been questioned. On the other hand, ...

Most of us in Western medicine systems know which category of the body mass index, the “BMI,” our body matches. Our medical providers and the printouts after each office visit often highlight it for ...

Most of us in Western medicine systems know which category of the body mass index, the “BMI,” our body matches. Our medical providers and the printouts after each office visit often highlight it for ...

VENICE, Italy — Obesity as defined by adiposity measures corresponds to a lower body mass index (BMI) cutoff (≥ 27) in men and women of middle age or older than does the widely used conventional ...

“BMI or Body Mass index is nothing more than a number. To what use you put that number to is what makes it important. It’s your unique number”. BMI is ultimately an index coined to assess the body ...

The medical community is witnessing a significant shift in how obesity is diagnosed and treated, affecting over 100 million adults in the United States. Traditional methods centered around Body Mass ...