Women measuring over 34.6 inches and men over 40 inches around the waist may have concerning levels of body fat, regardless of their BMI classification. While these new guidelines promise more ...

BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters. A BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese, while a BMI of 40 or above is considered severely obese.

By convention, an individual with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. This applies to both men and women. For comparison, this would relate to a direct measure of approximately 25% body fat in ...

Share on Pinterest A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.

BMI also fails to accurately assess health in Asian people, but in the opposite direction of African Americans. One study that tracked the health of more than 78,000 women in the US found that ...

The question is: why are we still using BMI and what dangers does doing so hold, particularly for Black women like me? The origins of BMI (and why it’s so problematic) The first thing to know ...

In particular, it often fails to provide an accurate representation of health for African Americans, especially women. The reliance on BMI as a primary health indicator may lead to ...

Purpose: To assess the possibility of a relationship between body mass index (BMI) and intraocular pressure (IOP) in both men and women. Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional ...