Olympian turned Dancing with the Stars contestant Ilona Maher issued an inspiring speech about BMI and being “overweight” ...

A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered healthy. A BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese. If your BMI is in the normal range, it means that you ...

It is easy to measure and calculate; no sophisticated equipment is required. By convention, an individual with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. This applies to both men and women. For ...

Flawed definitions of obesity can harm health outcomes, research indicates. The medical community is taking notice ...

compared to the standard BMI obesity measure of 30 or higher. Some researchers say these ranges should be lower. In 2023, researchers recommended that for Asian and South Asian people ...

“Based on BMI, Arnold Schwarzenegger, when he was a bodybuilder, would have been categorised as obese and needing to lose ...

After several statistical analyses were run, researchers found that every 1-gram increase of dietary fiber consumed was ...

Researchers estimate that expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save over 50,000 lives annually, reducing obesity rates ...

Background 10% of postmenopausal breast cancer cases are attributed to a high body mass index (BMI). BMI underestimates body ...

Hormone receptor stratification showed that differences in population-attributable risk fractions by body fat were only observed in hormone receptor–positive cases.

There’s been some excitement — if that’s the right word — in the research and medical communities about the body roundness index as a replacement for the body mass index. But is this new ...

Around 40% of postmenopausal hormone positive breast cancer cases may be linked to excess body fat, suggests Spanish research ...