BMI (body mass index) has long been thought of as an indicator of how healthy someone is. The truth is a little more complicated, doctors say.

When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

ACG released new guidance for the management of malnutrition in patients with liver disease, including the newly renamed ...

the exciting moment was dampened because Pearl was found "quite underweight and dehydrated." "We will certainly do our utmost to pull this little dude through," the WWO's March 30 post read.

The five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease are well known—smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and underweight or overweight/obesity. All increase the ...

Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to calculate whether someone is underweight, at a healthy weight, overweight or obese. But because BMI calculations can't tell the difference between body ...

A new study reveals that one-third of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis experience growth and pubertal disturbances ...