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How to Calculate Your BMI (Body Mass Index)

Body mass index (BMI) is a calculation used to estimate your body fat. Based on the BMI score, you may be categorized as being underweight, of normal weight, or overweight. The BMI score may also be ...
Popular Science

New medical policy finally address the limitations and flaws of BMI

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CNN

The good, bad and ugly about BMI

It’s a dirty word for some: BMI. Short for body mass Index, BMI is nothing more than a crude measurement of a person’s body fat based on height and weight. It was invented for researchers to use on ...
CNN

BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here’s a better way to measure weight

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code ...
LBC

Body Mass Index tests 'misclassifying' people as overweight or obese, new report suggests

The body mass index (BMI) system may be incorrectly categorising people as overweight or obese, according to a new study.