Assessing Your Weight and Health Risk - NHLBI, NIH
Assessment of weight and health risk involves using three key measures: Body mass index (BMI), Waist circumference, and Risk factors.
Health Risks of Overweight & Obesity - NIDDK
Overweight and obesity may increase your risk for many health problems—especially if you carry extra fat around your waist. Reaching and staying at a healthy weight can help prevent these …
How useful is the body mass index (BMI)? - Harvard Health
2023年5月5日 · Body mass index (BMI) is a calculation of your size that expresses the relationship between your height and weight as a single number. It's useful for a person to …
How Overweight and Obesity Impacts Your Health
2024年1月4日 · Overweight or obesity are associated with an increased risk for many serious diseases and health conditions. Body mass index (BMI) can be used to screen for weight status.
About Body Mass Index (BMI) - CDC
2024年5月20日 · Some BMI categories are associated with health problems. For example, a BMI in the obesity category often indicates excess weight for height. Too much weight can increase …
Obesity and overweight - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年3月1日 · The health risks caused by overweight and obesity are increasingly well documented and understood. In 2019, higher-than-optimal BMI caused an estimated 5 million …
Body Mass Index: Obesity, BMI, and Health: A Critical Review
However, it is increasingly clear that BMI is a rather poor indicator of percent of body fat. Importantly, the BMI also does not capture information on the mass of fat in different body …
Body Mass Index in Adults | American Heart Association
2024年1月16日 · To determine your risk, find your height in feet and inches in the first column of the following table. The ranges of weight that correspond to minimal risk, moderate risk …
BMI Frequently Asked Questions | BMI | CDC - Centers for Disease ...
2024年6月28日 · Body mass index (BMI) is a simple, reliable, and low-cost screening measure of health. Having a BMI outside the healthy weight range can increase a person's risk for certain …
BMI and Your Health: How Are They Connected? - Everyday Health
2025年1月5日 · Body mass index (BMI) has some significant limitations, and your healthcare team may choose not to focus on it at all. That said, a high or low BMI is linked to several …