Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from a perfect measure. To begin with, it measures total weight, rather than the weight attributed to fatty tissue.

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Under the proposed guidelines, healthcare providers would implement a multi-step process for diagnosing obesity. The first phase involves using BMI as a screening tool rather than a definitive ...

A BMI of 30 or above generally classifies adults as having obesity, according to the WHO. (The recommended cutoff is 27.5 in Asians.) But the metric represents weight divided by height squared ...

Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from a perfect measure. To begin with, it measures total weight, rather than the weight attributed to fatty tissue.

A panel of global experts explains why BMI is not the most helpful measurement of body weight, and how else doctors can diagnose obesity. Image credit: VICTOR TORRES/Stocksy.

Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from a perfect measure. To begin with, it measures total ...

Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from a perfect measure. To begin with, it measures total weight, rather than the weight attributed to fatty tissue.

Despite BMI’s ubiquity of use by health care professionals, it’s far from a perfect measure. To begin with, it measures total weight, rather than the weight attributed to fatty tissue.