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Scientists say BMI gets it wrong for over one third of adults

A new study suggests that one of the most widely used health metrics, BMI, may be getting it wrong for a large portion of the ...

Your BMI Might Be Wrong: Study Finds Millions Are Misclassified

The greatest mismatch occurred in the underweight group. Two-thirds (13 of 19; 68.4%) of those classified as underweight by ...
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Pricier, Questionable Bone Density Scan Growing in Use

For a sidebar on how this story came together, click here. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has long been the gold standard for osteoporosis screening. But now, thousands of patients may be ...

BMI classification system wrongly identifies some people as having overweight or obesity, says study

Research from Italy to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Türkiye, 12–15 May) and published in the journal Nutrients shows that when the gold standard ...
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Is BMI an accurate measure of body fat?

India, March 30 -- The conventional body mass index (BMI) system by the World Health Organization frequently misidentifies ...