BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.

You can quickly calculate your BMI if you know your height and weight. The measurement, while imperfect, can help you better understand your overall health.

Current injectable weight-loss drugs still fall short of that gold standard, so the Tufts chemists are focused on a drug redesign that could match the 30% weight-loss outcome.

New research shows that weight stigma—and not weight itself—has the biggest impact on mental health and healthy behaviors in the years after weight-loss surgery.

That depends. BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height, with the idea that it can show if a person's weight is healthy based on an estimation of their body fat percentage.

Instagram user Diamond Okoh-Chukwuma lost 34 pounds using AI, which helped her calculate her TDEE, caloric needs, protein intake, and water consumption.

Why a proposal to change the definition of obesity is so controversial A new definition of obesity should not be used to limit weight-loss treatment.

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Worried about your child’s weight? Enter information into this WebMD tool to learn your child’s BMI and see if your child is overweight or obese. Plus, what to do.

Doctors calculate BMI for children and teens in the same way as for adults — by measuring height and weight. Then they locate the BMI number and person’s age on a sex-specific BMI-for-age chart.

Although a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is associated with "healthy weight," it doesn't take into account that people differ in body shape and composition.