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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

In women, only overweight was significantly and negatively associated with dementia (HR=0.93, 95%CI=0.88-0.97). In contrast, in men, the only BMI category significantly and positively associated ...

Results: Information on BMI at the time of study entry, was available on 489 women. All patients received first line chemotherapy regimens including anthracyclines and taxanes, either in sequence or ...