BMI

Rethinking our approach to BMI highlights the need for speed

We’re finally abandoning BMI for better ways to assess body fat

Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

For immediate release: High BMI could increase dementia risk, study finds - EurekAlert!

Think your BMI reflects your health? Think again, study warns - EurekAlert!

Vegan diets significantly reduced body weight (23lb/10kg), BMI, LDL/total cholesterol, and HbA1c - likely mediated by enhanced satiety, reduced saturated fat intake, improved insulin sensitivity, and gut microbiota modulation, systematic review and meta-analyses of RCTs finds

A 10-week, Whole-Food, Plant-Based diet community intervention significantly decreased weight, BMI, HbA1c and cholesterol. The intervention produced a weight loss of 5 kg post-treatment, with 3 kg weight loss sustained at 36 months.

Body fat percentage beats BMI in predicting 15-year mortality risk among U.S. adults ages 20 to 49 - EurekAlert!

BMI in children before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic - EurekAlert!

BMI Is an Awful Predictor of Early Death. We've Had a Better Option For Decades.

Greater consumption of healthful plant foods, reduced consumption of animal-source foods, and less consumption of unhealthful plant foods are important for hypertension prevention [up to 45%] in the Brazilian population [n=3192] after adjusting for demographic factors, lifestyle variables, and BMI.

BMI, physical activity, and subsequent neoplasm risk among childhood cancer survivors - EurekAlert!

Early-life factors and BMI trajectories among children in the ECHO cohort - EurekAlert!

A healthy diet in childhood is linked to starting menstrual periods later, regardless of BMI or height

Childhood exposure to air pollution, BMI trajectories and insulin resistance among young adults - e3.eurekalert.org

Male athletes need higher BMI to define overweight or obesity - EurekAlert!

Waist circumference stronger risk marker than BMI for obesity-related cancer in men, but not women - EurekAlert

BMI Is Broken – A 2,000-Year-Old Discovery Offers a Smarter Way to Measure Body Fat

Does BMI become useless as we age? - EurekAlert

Your BMI Might Be Lying to You as You Get Older