High BMI may increase risk of 'devastating disease' impacting millions of people

Scientists at the University of Bristol have identified a potential link between higher BMI and one 'devastating' health ...
Yahoo

BMI alone is a poor indicator of health, the AMA says. These metrics may be better.

Is BMI the best way to assess weight and health? (Photo illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo Life; photos: Getty Images) Body mass index (BMI) is a simple tool for assessing whether an individual falls ...
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Goodbye BMI: Doctors Suggest a New Approach to Calculate Your Health

The body mass index, or BMI, predates the bathroom scale by more than half a century. But it has not changed with the times. The BMI was created in the 1830s before calculators and computers existed.

Westfield Health Bulletin: What’s the real skinny on BMI?

Body mass index is widely used to assess the human body’s obesity, health, fitness, eligibility as a surgical candidate or ...
BMJ

Cam morphology and the risk of developing radiographic hip osteoarthritis within 8 years: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 23 886 hips from the world COACH ...

Objective To assess the relationship between cam morphology and the development of radiographic hip osteoarthritis (RHOA), overall and in subgroups based on age, biological sex and body mass index ...