University of Eastern Finland (UEF Viestintä) Mar 12 2025 Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study. Published in Obesity and Endocrinology, the study was based on collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland and the Universities of Bristol and Exeter in the UK. BMI and weight-to-height indices are universally employed as markers of childhood obesity. However, BMI does