New research suggests that having a high body mass index (BMI) as a young child may not reflect a lifelong risk of obesity. A study by experts from the University of Queensland Institute for Molecular ...

Share on Pinterest A new study found that waist-to-height ratio was closely linked to heart disease risk than BMI or waist circumference. Ableimages/Getty Images A new study suggests your body shape ...

Performance rights organization BMI says it has reached a settlement on royalties paid to artists and songwriters on US radio, in what it calls its “largest rate increase ever” for radio play. The ...

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 ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting obesity-related diseases and death. When you purchase through links on our ...

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 ...

Out-of-pocket cost modeling of EUROPA trial arms for adjuvant breast cancer therapy: Five days of radiation versus five years of antiestrogen therapy. The effect of endocrine therapy omission on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental factors, “your body size is not a very good ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals. However ...