Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO The body mass index (BMI) chart helps determine obesity levels in both women and men. Healthcare providers also use it to determine whether their patients ...

Menopausal women with larger waist circumference had a greater risk for death regardless of their BMI category, according to ...

Specifically, this large study in 58,105 women modeled the clinical performance of the Prequel Prenatal Screen in women with different BMI levels and compared to both traditional non-DNA ...

They say, "The divergence in how waist circumference and BMI relate to cancer risk between men and women underscores the complexity of the impact of adiposity on cancer development.

Although body mass index (BMI) is widely used in clinics as the standard measure of body composition, it can potentially misclassify muscular individuals as overweight and miss cases of "normal-weight ...

In women 25 to 54 years of age, BMI was not consistently associated with triple-negative or hormone receptor–negative breast cancer overall. Not an Endorsement of Higher BMI ...

Stratifying body mass index (BMI) categories by waist circumference (WC) thresholds improves mortality risk prediction in postmenopausal women, according to a study published online July 8 in the ...

Women with high BMI who take hormone therapy appear to have similar CVD risks as those with lower BMI In individuals in the low trajectory subgroup, risk of diabetes was measured at 7.9% (95% CI ...

The body mass index might not be accurate for all populations due to structural racism in dietetics. Here's if BMI is accurate for Black women and alternatives.

The BMI chart is not a one-size-fits-all measure for all women, as the differences in genetics can cause the reading to be faulty when determining someone’s overall level of health.