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What BMI does and doesn't say about your health, according to doctors
That depends. BMI is calculated using a person's weight and height, with the idea that it can show if a person's weight is ...
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Proposal would ditch BMI for determining obesity
undermining medically-sound approaches to health care and policy.” According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S. adults ...
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What BMI does and doesn't say about your health, according to doctors
One issue with this sort of calculation is that BMI can't actually distinguish between fat, muscle and bone mass, according to the CDC. "A BMI that is low could mean a person doesn’t have enough ...
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What BMI does and doesn't say about your health, according to doctors
Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these are the BMI categories for adults 20 and older: Underweight: BMI is less than 18.5 One issue with this sort of calculation is that ...