For years, we’ve been told that BMI is the final word on whether or not someone can be deemed a healthy weight for their ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Body mass index (BMI) is one of the most common and criticized tools in medicine for evaluating ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on your weight in relation to your height, and applies to most adult men and women aged ... Use the BMI chart. First, find your height in ...

Even the NHS now advises people using its BMI calculator to also look at the shape of their waist. 'It is advised that you ...

For comparison, this would relate to a direct measure of approximately 25% body fat in men and 30% body fat in women. The situation is more complex in children, where the BMI threshold of obesity ...

Again there has been no unanimity on opinions about differences between BMI values for women and for men. Those scientist who are not satisfied with WHO’s and CDC’s roundabout figure stick to the fact ...

Then they locate the BMI number and person’s age on a sex-specific BMI-for-age chart. This will indicate whether the child is within a healthy range. BMI is not accurate enough to use as a ...