BOSTON - When you go to your doctor's office, chances are they will calculate your BMI but a prominent medical organization says the simple calculation is racially biased. The body mass index, or BMI, ...

The American Medical Association, the largest council of doctors in the US, is ready to say goodbye to determining if someone is a healthy weight solely by the body mass index, owing to the ...

The term BMI is all over health care. The abbreviation stands for body mass index, a simple number that has evolved into a ubiquitous medical tool for obesity screening. For example, a BMI from 18.5 ...

Share on Pinterest New research suggests that body roundness may be a better indicator of health in some cases. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images The body mass index (BMI) considers the height-weight ...

Body mass index has long been a standard, but controversial, measurement of weight and health. By Dani Blum The American Medical Association voted to adopt a new policy on Tuesday encouraging doctors ...