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So maybe you don't think you have the "ideal body," but are you actually overweight? By calculating your body mass index (BMI), you can find out once and for all whether you should lose — or put on — ...

For more than 30 years we have been wedded to the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the sole criterion for deciding whether someone is obese or not. It is used by most health authorities to classify both ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is moving to Phase 1b of the vaccine rollout in the state, meaning almost 2.7 million people are now eligible to get the shot. Gov. Henry McMaster announced that people ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals. However ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...

Body mass index, or BMI, is a measurement that evaluates the relationship between body weight and height. While BMI is not a direct measure of excess body fat, it is the recommended method to diagnose ...

So maybe you don't think you have the "ideal body," but are you actually overweight? By calculating your body mass index (BMI), you can find out once and for all whether you should lose — or put on — ...