If using BMI, it's recommended that you supplement it with a more specific measurement of body size (such as waist ...

Which is where the BMI chart steps in. To get an accurate health reading, doctors focus more on a person's Body Mass Index, a term first used in the mid-19th century, although it wasn't until 1972 ...

By the same logic, there may be a link to women in areas with smaller breasts leading more active lifestyles, which can decrease body mass and breast size, the researchers say. Writing in the ...