Body roundness index, or BRI, is gaining prominence as a way of predicting one's health risk by taking into account more than just a person's height and weight, which are the sole factors used to ...

According to doctors and dietitians, BRI may essentially be the same inaccurate measure in different clothing.

While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person's health, used by doctors and health insurers alike, a ...

clinicians use the same formula to calculate BMI for all adults—even though it was developed using data primarily from white ...

The NHS provides an online BMI calculator for public use ... Waist circumference can serve as an indicator of health risk for chronic diseases. For men and women alike, the NHS emphasises: "A higher ...

Australian experts found Brits with more fat in the abdominal area - which houses organs like the liver and pancreas - were ...

study on breastfeeding practices reveals that among the women who exclusively breastfed, those with high body mass index (BMI) before pregnancy lost more weight than women with a healthy BMI pre ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on August 26 (Monday) that the board will now reward cash prizes for all the Player of the Match (PotM) and the Player of the Tournaments ...

Gusts of up to 40 mph (64 kph) played havoc with the best female golfers in the world at the Women's British Open at St. Andrews on Thursday. Charley Hull dealt with it the best. The No. 10-ranked ...

See how many countries have had women as heads of state or government during your lifetime. (That’s not counting monarchs.) The first was Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon ...