You can quickly calculate your BMI if you know your height and weight. The measurement, while imperfect, can help you better understand your overall health.

This precision in risk prediction allows for targeted interventions, potentially reducing unnecessary treatments and improving clinical outcomes.

Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC ...

At age 2 and above, a child’s body mass index is compared to growth charts the CDC has produced and is based on how that child compares to children who are the same age as a whole. A BMI above the ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

One in every three Guam adults has obesity, based on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s newly released 2023 adult obesity prevalence map.

Dr. David Geier joined Good morning Charleston Wednesday to break down a new study and talk about some of the myths ...

Worried about your child’s weight? Enter information into this WebMD tool to learn your child’s BMI and see if your child is overweight or obese. Plus, what to do.

A new study published in Annals of Family Medicine finds that body-fat percentage is a stronger predictor of 15-year mortality risk in U.S. adults than body mass index (BMI). Although BMI is ...

BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.

Annals of Family Medicine: Body Fat Percentage Beats BMI in Predicting 15-Year Mortality Risk Among U.S. Adults Ages 20 to 49 ...