Monitoring your health begins with understanding your body composition, and one of the simplest ways to do that is by using a BMI calculator.

For more than 30 years we have been wedded to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the sole criterion for deciding whether someone is obese or not. It is used by most health authorities to classify both ...

Donna Christiano Campisano is a freelance writer specializing in women and children's health issues. She has written for numerous consumer publications and websites, including Parents, Woman’s Day, ...

Body mass index, or BMI, is a measurement that evaluates the relationship between body weight and height. While BMI is not a direct measure of excess body fat, it is the recommended method to diagnose ...

American children are increasingly tipping the scale, and the extra weight may be putting them at risk for immediate and future health complications, including depression, type 2 diabetes, and heart ...

Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

A high percentage of body fat can increase the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other health conditions. Various charts can show how much body fat is healthy for individuals of different ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is moving to Phase 1b of the vaccine rollout in the state, meaning almost 2.7 million people are now eligible to get the shot. Gov. Henry McMaster announced that people ...

So maybe you don't think you have the "ideal body," but are you actually overweight? By calculating your body mass index (BMI), you can find out once and for all whether you should lose — or put on — ...