What is body mass index (BMI) and should you worry about it? Here’s everything you need to know about BMI charts for men and women.

Body Mass Index can help clinicians diagnose obesity and signs of health conditions ranging from anorexia to diabetes to coronavirus. However, the body metric needs details about your age, height ...

The old charts didn't include children like Bryan Alcala of Aurora, Illinois, who first sought help in 2019 as a high school freshman who was 5 feet, 5 inches and weighed about 300 pounds.

In 2019, the average adult BMI for those aged 16 to 24 was 24.6, which was up from 24.5 in 2018. The average adult BMI for those aged 25 to 44 was 27.4 in 2019, increasing from 27.1 the year before.

Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37, with ...