As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon thanks to a new set of standards.

A new report noted that body mass index does not provide a nuanced enough assessment of health as it relates ... an obesity expert at the University of Washington and another researcher on the ...

Doctors have primarily relied on body mass index, or BMI ... a science and health journalist based in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of ...

Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner. CNN: What is BMI? What are the advantages and ...