Body Mass Index

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  BMI vs Waist-To-Hip Ratio: Which Better Predicts Your Health Risk?

  BMI is widely used to assess obesity but cannot differentiate between muscle and fat or indicate fat distribution in the body.

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  45% Of Vellore's Urban Slum Children Stunted By Age 2, Finds Lancet Study

  By age 7, more than 26 per cent of the children were classified 'thin' and 5.2 per cent classified 'overweight/obese', findings published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal show.

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  Air India Tightens Fitness Norms For Cabin Crew, BMI To Be Key Factor

  Non-compliance with the new standards could lead to de-rostering, grounding, and loss of pay for the affected personnel.

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  What's India's Average BMI? How National Guidelines Differ From Global Norms

  Indians face higher diabetes and heart risks at lower body mass index (BMI) levels than Western populations.

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  What's India's Average BMI? How National Guidelines Differ From Global Norms

  Indians face higher diabetes and heart risks at lower body mass index (BMI) levels than Western populations.

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  What Is "Obesity" As Defined By Lancet Commissioner

  Healthy Living: In January, a global commission of 56 experts, endorsed by 76 international medical organisations, proposed a new framework for diagnosing obesity, moving beyond the traditional reliance on Body Mass Index (BMI).

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  Body Mass Index Alone Not Reliable Measure Of Obesity: Lancet Report

  A Lancet Global Commission report has recommended a new, nuanced approach that looks at measures of body fat such as waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio in addition to body mass index or BMI to detect obesity.

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  How Asthma And BMI Triggers Miscarriage In Pregnancy

  In this article, we will explore how these conditions can trigger miscarriage risks and what preventive measures can help protect pregnancy.

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  Why Your BMI Is Important: Significance Of Being Underweight Or Overweight

  This article explores why BMI is an important health metric, examining the implications of being underweight or overweight and offering insights into managing body weight effectively.

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  Why Night Owls Are At Higher Risk Of Diabetes

  Night owls -- a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night -- tend to have a higher body mass index (BMI), larger waists, and more hidden body fat and thus are almost 50 per cent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D).

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  Air India To Conduct Pre-Flight Checks Of Cabin Crew's Grooming, Body Mass Index

  Air India has decided to check grooming and measure the body mass index (BMI) of cabin crew members at the airports just before their flights, according to an official order.

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  Do You Eat Like Your Friend On Social Media? Study Says We Copy Our Virtual Friends’ Eating Habits

  A recent study says that the eating habits of social media users, be it junk or healthy, are more likely to get influenced by the peer group.

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  Excess Body Fat And Weight May Cause Cardiovascular Disease; Eat These Foods To Lose Weight

  An increase in the fat mass and body mass index (BMI) is directly linked to increased risk of blood vessel diseases.

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  BMI Plays Significant Role In Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis: Study

  Researchers found that MS patients with high body mass indexes (BMIs) had higher ceramide levels and more circulating monocytes than were evident in healthy individuals with the same BMIs.

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  Attention! Excess Body Weight May Lead To This Cancer

  Higher Body Mass Index was linked with increased risk of dying of pancreatic cancer, but this increase in risk was largest for BMI assessed at earlier ages, the researcher said.