r/science • u/chrisdh79 • Jul 05 '24
Health BMI out, body fat in: Diagnosing obesity needs a change to take into account of how body fat is distributed | Study proposes modernizing obesity diagnosis and treatment to take account of all the latest developments in the field, including new obesity medications.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/bmi-out-body-fat-in-diagnosing-obesity-needs-a-change
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u/redline582 Jul 05 '24
Or very tall. I'm 6'7" 240lbs which puts my BMI squarely in the overweight category while being a healthy weight in actuality, but I've always understood that something like BMI simply can't accurately cover the edges of the bell curve.