Excess fat stored around the waist is more strongly associated with heart failure risk than body mass index (BMI).

LOS ANGELES -- The American Medical Association is clarifying the role of a person's body mass index, also known as BMI. The group is urging doctors to de-emphasize its use when assessing health and ...

Waist circumference, not BMI, was tied to increased risk for adiposity-related heart failure, and the association was ...

Excess belly weight or visceral fat may be a stronger predictor of heart failure than BMI, and inflammation plays a major role, according to a new study.

New research suggests that measures of excess weight around the waist (central obesity or visceral fat) may increase the risk ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a ...