Body mass index (BMI) is a widely-used screening tool to estimate body fat using height and weight. It categorizes people as ...

Researchers at Mayo Clinic are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and an advanced 3D body-volume scanner to ...

You may want or need to gain weight if you’ve always been underweight, are losing weight unintentionally, or have an eating ...

"Rounder" participants were 163 percent more likely to develop heart disease in a Chinese study of adults over the age of 45.

"Body roundness" could be a better measure than BMI at predicting how excess weight might affect a person's heart health, a ...

A new metric called Body Roundness Index (BRI) is emerging as a more accurate measure of health risks compared to the traditional Body Mass Index (BMI).

Having a high body roundness index (BRI) over a 6-year period was associated with an increased risk of developing ...

BRI is an abdominal obesity-related index that combines waist circumference and height, reflecting the proportion of abdominal and visceral fat. In contrast, body mass index (BMI) only measures weight ...

The FDA has cleared the Epitomee capsule to support weight management in adults with a body mass index of 25 to 40kg/m2.

More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 ...

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity was lower among those with a bachelor's degree vs those with some college or a ...