Body mass index (BMI) estimates how healthy your weight is based on your height. There's no "perfect weight" that fits everyone, but BMI can help most adults understand their weight-related health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers calculated that a BMI cutoff of 33.7 kg/m 2 should be used to diagnose obesity in male athletes.

A high body mass index (BMI) could reduce the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in men, according to a study published today in Rheumatology. After the results had been adjusted for smoking, as that has ...

Here’s one more reason you should ward off that extra weight: Carrying extra pounds can cut a significant amount of time off your life, a new study published in Nature Communications discovered. In ...

This large cross-sectional study, of 18,575 subjects attending a screening examination center in Israel, evaluated the IOP in men and women with respect to their BMI levels. Overall men had higher IOP ...

New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) shows that the internationally recognised body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

Two studies demonstrate that a large proportion of the population has visceral adiposity even at BMIs below the obesity ...

Men with prostate cancer who have excess weight and high plasma C-peptide concentrations are more likely to experience cancer-related mortality compared with men of a healthy weight, according to ...

Some employers are still using BMI (body mass index) in their recruitment practices, even though it's a misleading way of measuring men's fitness, says Andrew Shanahan When it comes to your health and ...