New research finds waist-to-height ratio is a more accurate measure of obesity risk than BMI, especially in older adults, ...

For decades, health experts have relied on body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height, to classify people as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. But sometimes, you need more than ...

So much of the attention, on the area near 61st and Peoria has been on crime and most recently, community-efforts to turn things around. However, there's another serious concern for many of the ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — State officials who are worried about obesity among children say that measuring the body mass indexes of elementary students is a key step in attacking the growing problem. But leaders ...

Long gone are the days where students only had to worry about getting their homework done. Parents expressed concern over what some are calling “fat letters,” or Body Mass Index reports, and BMI ...