In 2023, the American Medical Association acknowledged that BMI is an “imperfect way to measure body fat.” And an English study from 2021, with a more diverse data set, found that current BMI ...

In pursuit of a new and more accurate measure, body roundness index (BRI) has entered the chat with some splashy new studies to back it (more on that in a second). So what is BRI and is it truly ...

New study from deCODE genetics/Amgen highlights the importance of BMI in pathogenesis of disease, suggesting that reducing ...

For a little over four months I’ve been using a Vitafit smart scale to keep track of my body weight. Buying one of the best ...

BMI, the abbreviation for Body Mass Index, is the calculation used to classify ... statisticians used the measurements of 7,426 “healthy men” to parse out the categories we have now, the ...

The term BMI was first used in the mid-19th century, although the acronym wasn't officially coined until 1972 when ...

found that BRI may be more accurate in estimating obesity and its associated health risks than the standard body mass index (BMI), drawing attention to this potential alternative. In this study ...

Aging significantly affects unipedal balance and strength, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to address ...

The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index-Metabolic Domains (GTI-MD), an abbreviated version of the GTI (Steritas), used weighted, standardized clinical outcome assessments to calculate steroid toxicity ...