New body index aims to move beyond BMI and works for babies too

Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been used in public health and clinical settings as a simple tool to classify an individual's ...
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 ...
BMJ Open

Early-life body mass index and adult fat distribution: a life-course Mendelian randomisation study

Objectives Body mass index (BMI) changes dynamically during early life, but whether BMI at specific developmental stages is ...