A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. may be ripe in a year. At that time, setmelanotide should be approved for HO in the U.S. and ...

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew ...

Fresh performs during a concert on the rooftop at BMI in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday. Douglas Furtick, who uses the stage ...

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health ...

The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

Home-based pediatric weight loss programs improved session attendance and contact time, but didn’t outperform clinic care in ...

If you're looking for a child's BMI, use BMI percentile, which estimates a child or young person's weight compared with his or her peers of the same age, height, and sex.

BMI, Activity Tied to Neoplasm Risk in Child Cancer Survivors JAMA Network About The Study: Among childhood cancer survivors in this cohort study, obesity was associated with an increased risk for ...

Common misconceptions about child BMI BMI is not a health diagnosis While BMI is useful for screening, it does not provide a complete picture of health. It does not measure body fat directly or ...

Body mass index (BMI) is widely used as a simple way of finding out whether a person is a healthy weight for their height. For adults: a BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is considered to be a healthy weight a ...