BMI is an estimate of body composition based on weight and height. For people of any sex, a moderate BMI is usually 18.5 to 24.9. People who know their weight and height can use a calculator to ...

Higher body fat, especially android fat, BMI, and waist size, is linked to stress urinary incontinence in midlife women, but ...

Underweight: BMI of 18.4 or under. Normal weight: BMI of 18.5 to 24.9. Overweight: BMI of 25 to 29.9. Obesity: BMI of 30 or greater. If you’re wondering, the average BMI for adult women in the U ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

Case in point: “Black women who are between 31 and 33 BMI tend to have better health status even at that above-30 level” than other women and men, Stanford said.

Here’s the problem: BMI wasn’t calculated with women or people of color in mind—and it also gets thrown out of whack when attempting to categorize athletic people whose muscles pack on weight.

Boxem and colleagues conducted a population-based prospective cohort study with 3,604 women and their partners who were pregnant (52.8% in the first trimester) or actively trying to conceive (33.2 ...