We live in a time of aggressive self-improvement. We are constantly told that if we can grab the reins, wrestle for control over our lives, we can solve all (or most of) our problems. Moreover, we ...

I remember opening the envelope holding my daughters’ report cards from their New York City elementary school a few years ago and stumbling upon a fitness report. The so-called “FITNESSGRAM” tallied ...

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 ...

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Despite the limitations of body mass index (BMI), the measure effectively screened children and adolescents for elevated adiposity, both as expressed by fat mass index (FMI) and percentage of body fat ...

When assessing whether preschoolers are overweight, health professionals should use other measures such as waist-to-height ratio in addition to the Body Mass Index (BMI). A study published in the ...

Measuring the body mass index (BMI) of younger children may often fail to identify those with excess stomach fat, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal Pediatric ...

A new definition of obesity could nearly double the prevalence of U.S. adults with the condition, a new study published ...

Millions of Americans long considered outside the obesity category may, in fact, face many of the same health risks.