What's your number -- under 25 or over 35? Body mass index (BMI) may not be a term that's on everyone's lips, but it's important for your health to understand what it is and to know your number.

Share on Pinterest A recent study finds people with a high or low Body Roundness Index have an increased risk of death. Zing Images/Getty Images Body Roundness Index is a novel body composition ...

Body roundness index takes into account a person's hips and waist measurements. While body mass index (BMI) has long been a go-to measure of a person's health, used by doctors and health insurers ...

A new study suggests there may be a better mathematical tool for determining potential health problems linked to body fat than the nearly 200-year-old Body Mass Index. The study, published in the ...

BMI has long been controversial among healthcare professionals—yet the obsession with how to calculate BMI persists. For these reasons as well as the influence of environmental, hormonal, and mental ...

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...

For years, we’ve been told that BMI is the final word on whether or not someone can be deemed a healthy weight for their ...