The start of a new year for many means the start of a new health and fitness journey. Claire Edgemon, senior registered dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine, provides insight on how knowing your ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say weight-to-hip ratio is a more accurate way to determine overall health risks. lambada/Getty Images Body mass index (BMI) has long been used as a tool for weight ...

At your last physical, your doctor may have recorded your body mass index (BMI). That statistic has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. While it's still helpful, the truth ...

New research points to a better way to measure obesity than body mass index. Body mass index was first developed in 1832 and has been the standard way to estimate a person’s body fat since the 1980s.

For years, body-mass-index (BMI), has been the health metric millions of us have been fixated on when it comes to determining the state of our health. But now experts say we should be focusing on ...

If you've ever stood on a scale at the doctor's office only to be told your health status based on a single number, you're ...

According to standard calculations, my husband's body mass index (BMI) is too high. Yet he is the fittest person I know—an athlete carrying plenty of muscle and very little fat. Therein lies the ...