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Saturday, January 21, 2012

BMI May Be Flawed Measure Of Health.

The Boston Globe Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (1/7, Kotz) discussed why body mass index (BMI) may be a limited measure of health, since "some people's weight and height measurements put them in the overweight or even obese category while, in reality, they are very lean and muscular. On the other hand, some people's BMI indicates that they are healthy, when they are actually overfat, with little lean tissue. So, whether or not your BMI indicates that you are overweight, it is important to find out if you are carrying too much body fat." Some experts believe "it's worthwhile to have a body composition test once a year."

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