BMI, which stands for Body Mass Index, is a way to find out if your weight is healthy for your height. What is a healthy BMI, and how do you work out your BMI? BMI was first worked out in the 1830s, ...

BMI was first worked out in the 1830s, when a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist worked out the sum. The aim was to figure out whether a person was a healthy weight, ...

Health professionals have been using body mass index (BMI) to help decide whether people are overweight or underweight for over 100 years. However, BMI has several flaws. BMI is derived from a simple ...