Weight is a heavy topic (see what I did there?). It should go without saying that this point that you're so much more than a number on a scale, and that many factors affect your overall health, ...

Many people are close friends with the scale, but another measurement they can use to gain insight into their overall health is their Body Mass Index, commonly known as a BMI. "BMI is a measure of a ...

Background: Weight for height in children is often assessed by comparing the child's weight-for-age centile with their height-for-age centile. However, this assessment has not been validated ...

A body mass index (BMI) result will label you as 'underweight', 'healthy weight, 'overweight', or 'obese'. But while this may be a simple (and cheap) way to get a quick insight into your health, does ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What do you think of BMIs to measure health? (Getty Images) A body mass index (BMI) result will label you as 'underweight', ...