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, ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Speaking Frankly | Fat Shaming," in the video player above. It's a simple little tool that's been used by doctors for decades, but the system of measuring Body Mass ...

If you wish to calculate the weight-to-height ratio and BMI in Excel, read through this article. What is Body Mass Index & why is it important? The formula for calculating the BMI is the weight of a ...

Being short in stature has its difficulties but Oxford University researchers have found another drawback – they have been made fatter by a new weight index Mathematicians found the formula used to ...

How much can one simple number tell you about your health? A growing body of research over the past few years has highlighted the shortcomings of the body mass index (BMI), a basic measure of ...

If you’ve been to a doctor’s office or fitness center in recent years, you’ve likely had your Body Mass Index calculated. The BMI formula uses a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of ...

Further to Larry Stoter’s idea of changing the formula for body mass index, there are various indices of body build calculated as functions of weight and height Letters, 1 October. I once suggested ...