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How to calculate your BMI (body mass index)

Medically reviewed by Suzanne Fisher, RD Key Takeaways Body mass index (BMI) is a calculation used to estimate your body fat.
Medical Xpress

Should we ditch BMI and use the 'body roundness index' instead?

Body mass index (better known as BMI) has long been used to get a quick and easy snapshot of a person's body fat levels. To calculate someone's BMI, you divide their weight in kilograms by their ...
The Conversation

Body mass index: why practitioners are relying on it less when looking at a patient’s health

Body mass index has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health – and often still is. But earlier this month, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy that ...
Nature

Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries

Polygenic scores (PGSs) for body mass index (BMI) may guide early prevention and targeted treatment of obesity. Using genetic data from up to 5.1 million people (4.6% African ancestry, 14.4% American ...
Nature

Life-long body mass index trajectories and cardiometabolic biomarkers-the Danish diet, cancer, and health-next generations cohort

Higher body mass index (BMI) is strongly associated with cardiovascular metabolic diseases, however, BMI changes across the lifespan may be complex and non-linear. Furthermore, heterogeneous BMI ...