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In BMI world, a body mass between 18.5 and 24.9 is a healthy weight, between 25 and 29.9 is overweight, between 30 and 34.9 is obese, between 35 and 39.9 is class 2 obesity, and anything greater ...
BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.
New University of Florida study finds body fat percentage is 78% more accurate than body mass index in predicting mortality risk, challenging the long-standing use of BMI as a health indicator.
BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy.
BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. There's a better way to measure weight “It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate ...
BMI, or body mass index, is an outdated measurement that fails to properly identify health risks, according to a new study. Measuring body fat may be just as easy. BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests.
BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. There's a better way to measure weight “It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate ...
Using BMI to measure health risk works — on a population level. Countless studies have shown that a greater BMI really does correlate with developing chronic diseases of all kinds — cancer ...
BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. There's a better way to measure weight “It’s scary to think that we may have been using a surrogate — BMI — that may not have been all that accurate ...