HealthDay News — What time one eats impacts body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online Sept. 12 in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Question: I read that physicians were moving away from the body mass index. But at my last physical, my BMI was used. Is my ...

If you had a health check-up recently, you might have been told that you're underweight, overweight or obese based on your body mass index or BMI. But the BMI was never intended as a diagnostic tool.

According to a study published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, there are two specific habits that are associated with a lower body mass index (BMI ...

Since 1990, the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (determined by the body mass index, BMI ... which may ...

Effects were standardised for interpretation of magnitudes ... substantial individual variation in lean mass within and between seasons. An index of lean mass based on body mass and skinfolds is a ...

What we observed in a subgroup of men who do intermittent fasting by skipping breakfast is that this practice has no effect on body weight. Other intervention studies in participants with obesity ...