Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCI A healthy weight and BMI range for adults over age 65 may mean carrying a few ...

A new report recommends doctors stop using Body Mass Index to diagnose obesity because it isn't nuanced enough. Doctors should consider a patient's overall health instead of their weight, it said. A ...

At your last physical, your doctor may have recorded your body mass index (BMI). That statistic has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. While it's still helpful, the truth ...

Calculating your ideal body weight (IBW) can help you gain some insight into your possible risk for weight-related health conditions. However, this tool doesn’t always provide an accurate assessment.

It is difficult to have a successful weight loss journey if you don't know your destination. This post is dedicated to helping you answer a surprisingly difficult question: What is my ideal weight? A ...

A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat percentage is a measure of how much body fat someone has relative to ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. We’ll start at the very beginning: Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of someone’s weight compared to their height whereas body fat ...

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, ...

New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their ...

All she wanted for her 40th birthday was a healthy body mass index (BMI). And three days before the big day, her dream came true: After 14 months on the WebMD Weight Loss Clinic plan, Jean had lost 50 ...