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

Large waistlines increase mortality risk even in women with normal BMI, new study finds, highlighting waist circumference as ...

In premenopausal and postmenopausal women, obesity and abdominal obesity, as measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), are risk factors for asthma and chronic obstructive ...

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.

Women in the older age at menopause group had an increase in fasting plasma glucose compared with the reference group (beta = 0.211; 95% CI, 0.032-0.391; P = .021), and those in the younger age at ...

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.

They have proposed thresholds in women of 80 cm or greater, 90 cm or greater, 105 cm or greater, 115 cm or greater, and 115 cm or greater to correlate, respectively, with BMI categories: normal ...