When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight.

BMI misclassifies athletic bodies. New research calls for revised BMI cut-offs to better assess young male athletes’ health ...

One of the main issues with BMI is that it cannot account for the difference between muscle and fat. Because muscle tissue is more dense than fat, many athletes and bodybuilders are considered ...

but it is also possible to have a high BMI and a low body fat percentage. For example, a bodybuilder carrying a lot of muscle may have a high BMI because of how much their muscle mass weighs ...