How is BMI used with children and teens? Girls and boys develop differently and have different amounts of body fat at different ages, so a child's age is taken into consideration when looking at their ...

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Mean BMI increased for premenopausal women and ...

A landmark analysis of 120,000 people reveals that hidden central fat is rising across the UK, and BMI is missing it, making waist-to-height ratio the clearer warning signal for growing obesity risk.