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Jan 20, 2022 · Body Mass Index (BMI) is not a very accurate measurement for determining whether somebody is of normal weight, overweight or obese, researchers say.
Apr 26, 2018 · Is BMI the best measure of obesity? Firstly, it is a quick and easy way of working out whether you are in the healthy category by using two simple measures - weight and height. Most doctors say it ...
Sep 18, 2024 · Our body mass index is categorized into underweight, normal, overweight, and obese based on data largely from white middle-aged men—decades ago. For decades, we've used body mass index (BMI) to ...
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Jun 25, 2024 · What Is and Isn’t Accurate About BMI (Body Mass Index) The body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to categorize weight ranges (from underweight to obese) because it is accessible, no-cost, and quick. Using a formula or BMI calculator, it is relatively easy to plug in height and weight measurements and get a figure meant to represent a measure ...
Jan 6, 2022 · Absolutely. For example, not everyone who has a BMI over 40 has diabetes. But many more people with BMIs over 40 have diabetes than people in the overweight or normal weight range. “A too-high ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Studies have also shown that BMI can mislabel a person’s health when compared to objective measures, like results from tests for cholesterol and blood-sugar levels. “Despite assumptions we’ve come to accept as facts, the evidence linking weight and health is inconsistent,” Russell says. “And using a weight-based tool like BMI to draw ...
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Jul 31, 2023 · Dietz next discussed the rationale for using BMI in adults. As with the data for children and adolescents, he observed, BMI does not correlate with body fat in the 0–30 BMI category, but a reasonable correlation (~0.70) exists for BMI and body fat above BMI of 30 (Flegal et al., 2009). Adult weight increases proportionally to height squared ...
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