Physicians use Body Mass Index (BMI) charts to help assess and monitor growth in children. The CDC recently announced a revised version of the children and adolescent BMI chart. The new chart has been ...

As an editor and writer who has contributed to many national and local publications, Nicole Gregory enjoys communicating clearly on critical health topics so that readers can make informed choices for ...

The beginning was in 2003. Laws requiring school systems to evaluate children using body-mass index (BMI) instruments—a common approach for grouping people based on height and weight—have passed 29 ...

Body Mass Index is a measure of body weight to the square of your height. A higher BMI indicates higher and unhealthy body fat, which may lead to various health problems. To determine your BMI, a ...

I have written about the use of Body Mass Index (BMI) in prior columns and the issues related to its actual applicability for accurately measuring overweight and obesity in individuals. However ...