Abstract: This paper illustrates the creation of a portable Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator that uses ultrasonic sensors and load cells interfaced with a microcontroller to determine BMI ...

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I consider myself a healthy person. I eat plenty of fruit and veg, am obsessed with fibre, rock climb twice a week and try to squeeze in a lunchtime jog on the days I don’t. But when I recently ...

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Share on Pinterest A new study found that waist-to-height ratio was closely linked to heart disease risk than BMI or waist circumference. Ableimages/Getty Images A new study suggests your body shape ...

Taiwan's Innolux and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) have developed the world's first mass-producible liquid crystal gradient-index (LC gradient index) glasses, overcoming longstanding ...

Performance rights organization BMI says it has reached a settlement on royalties paid to artists and songwriters on US radio, in what it calls its “largest rate increase ever” for radio play. The ...

BMI is still commonly used to assess obesity even though research has shown it's not necessarily a reliable metric. A new study proposes doctors instead use technology that can measure body fat. Body ...

Body mass index (BMI) is a rough proxy for body composition widely used to predict a person's risk of poor health outcomes, including early death — but BMI is an unreliable metric that does not ...

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most accurate predictor of death risk. A new study from the University of Florida found that BMI — a measurement that is commonly used to determine whether a ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...