BMI not accurate enough: Obesity/mortality paradox demonstrates urgent need for more refined metabolic measures
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers point out that the body mass index (BMI), based on the weight and height, is not an accurate measure of body fat content and does not account for critical factors that contribute to health or mortality, such as fat distribution, proportion of muscle to fat, and the sex and racial differences in body composition.