Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Gothenburg have developed a novel approach to assessing an individual ...

The Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been a standard tool for assessing weight-related health risks. However, growing evidence suggests that this one-size-fits-all metric does not serve all communities ...

For decades, health experts have relied on body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height, to classify people as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. But sometimes, you need more than ...

So much of the attention, on the area near 61st and Peoria has been on crime and most recently, community-efforts to turn things around. However, there's another serious concern for many of the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — State officials who are worried about obesity among children say that measuring the body mass indexes of elementary students is a key step in attacking the growing problem. But leaders ...

Guwahati: Over 1,500 of the 73,000-strong Assam Police force are in the ‘obese’ category, the results of the annual body mass index (BMI) test for the force revealed. This amounts to over 2% of the ...

Obese white men are about half as likely as normal-weight white men to have a total PSA level of 4 ng/mL or higher, a commonly used criterion for recommending a prostate biopsy, according to ...

The Assam Police, on August 16, launched a statewide Body Mass Index (BMI) testing drive for its officers and personnel as part of ongoing efforts to promote better health and fitness within the force ...