So when Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher, who is set to compete at the Paris Games, recently flagged a nasty comment ...

like you do," she said, pointing to her head with a smirk. "We talked about BMI. And we talked about how it really isn't ...

However, in such a group of elite athletes, it is uncommon to find individuals ... compare lipoprotein levels and exercise for a given BMI. We did not control for variables such as additional ...

But many health experts believe BMI has significant limitations, particularly for children and young people (whose body fat levels change as they grow), athletic people (who have high levels of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Some doctors involved in treating obesity believe that body mass index (BMI) isn’t ...

Although the group of athletes consisted of more males and younger people, because all analyses were adjusted for age, gender and BMI this difference should have no impact on our final conclusions.

Under brighter lights, Ilona Maher delivered. And the focus on Maher, a two-time Olympian for the U.S women's rugby sevens ...

"We talked about BMI. And we talked about how it really isn't helpful for athletes. "BMI doesn't tell you much. It just tells you your height and weight and what that equals." Ilona noted that she ...

Continuing, Maher said she talked with her dietitian about BMI and “how it really isn't helpful for athletes.” “[My] BMI doesn’t really tell you what I can do. It doesn’t tell you what I ...

But many health experts believe BMI has significant limitations, particularly for children and young people (whose body fat levels change as they grow), athletic people (who have high levels of ...

BMI has remained the go-to method for measuring health since it first started. Photo / 123RF BRI quantifies body fat levels by looking at height and waist circumference. Body mass index (better ...