The argument against BMI is that ... Women tend to have a higher fat percentage than men, ... 22, was killed and her fiancé, Mauricio Leyva, 21, was injured in a hit-and-run July 19 at Ashland ...

Male athletes need higher BMI to define overweight or obesity ... Body mass index ... individuals were of normal weight, 19 (3.1%) were with overweight and 5 (0.8%) ...

Higher BMI cutoffs are needed to diagnose overweight and obesity in male athletes, researchers reported in a study published in Nutrients. Using a BMI cutoff of 25 kg/m2 to diagnose overweight and ...

Even for men who had been in the 22.5–25 BMI range in adolescence—that is, within the normal weight range—an elevated risk of needing hospital care for COVID-19 was found.

A new study from Lund University in Malmö, Sweden, revealed that waist circumference is a stronger risk indicator for obesity-related cancers in men than Body Mass Index (BMI). The research ...

Men with a high body mass index (BMI) in their upper teens had an elevated risk of severe COVID-19, requiring hospitalization, later in life, a new study from Sweden finds.