Eating behaviours significantly influence body mass index (BMI) through a complex interplay of sensory, cognitive and physiological factors. Variations in eating rate, portion size and food texture ...

SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in healthcare and public health to ...

New research points to a better way to measure obesity than body mass index. Body mass index was first developed in 1832 and has been the standard way to estimate a person’s body fat since the 1980s.