BMI

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

BMI Sidelined in New Obesity Definition That Favors Health Evaluation

New Obesity Definition Shifts Focus From BMI – Here's The Science Behind It

New obesity definition sidelines BMI to focus on health

Obesity needs a new definition beyond BMI, health experts argue