Many have known that BMI or weight is often not a good way to determine obesity and health risk on an individual basis. But BMI or weight still seems to be the most common way of doing so, both in medical offices and in self-assessment. Perhaps greater recognition of the flaws may help reduce the over reliance on BMI or weight.
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BMI is also an objective measure than can serve as a CYA for a doctor’s recommendations.
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