Obesity rates: Is the Body Mass Index a good measurement?

Sunday, June 1, 2014 - 04:31 in Health & Medicine

The Body Mass Index, a scale scientists use to determine whether someone is overweight, is not the most accurate tool to determine whether one needs to lose some pounds, but it's a useful measurement when studying global populations, experts say.

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