Reliance on BMI as a measure of weight and health has deepened inequities and led to inaccuracies and overgeneralizations.

And BMI is simply not that helpful to determine somebody’s need for obesity treatment. People with the same BMI may have substantially different percentages of body fat based on a variety of factors such as age, muscle mass, sex and race.

https://theconversation.com/bmi-alone-will-no-longer-be-treated-as-the-go-to-measure-for-weight-management-an-obesity-medicine-physician-explains-the-seismic-shift-taking-place-208174

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