BMI charts also display the ranges for the categories of underweight, overweight, and obesity. Carrying too much or too little weight can increase a person’s risk of health problems, either in ...

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

The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to ...

Prior to the update, BMI charts for children ages 2 to 19 had been published in 2000 and were based on data from 1963 to 1980 when obesity rates in children were much lower.

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI. Here's what they recommend using instead.

The old scale, which went up to 37, has been in use for more than two decades, even as the rate of childhood obesity in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled. Skip Navigation. Share on Facebook; ...

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

Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37, with ...

Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37, with ...