An international panel of researchers say the measure is too simplistic and focuses too much on weight versus wellness.

Photograph by CRAIG CUTLER (HAND WITH CHIP); SAMUEL SANCES, CEDARS-SINAI (BACKGROUND) This story appears in the January 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Twelve years after Teresa ...

For the third year running, we are presenting health plan rankings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a nonprofit health care accreditation and quality measurement group ...