When you go in for a wellness exam, oftentimes the first things the medical assistant does is take your height and weight. With this data, the computer spits out your body mass index (BMI) number.
This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. When it comes to achieving a healthy body weight, some men ...
3 reasons why BMI is not an accurate measure of your health or body weight - and what to use instead
BMI is not an accurate predictor of health because it does not account for body fat percentage or body fat distribution. In addition, BMI cannot accurately predict the health of different demographics ...
A scale and a tape measure. BMI is calculated using one’s mass in kilograms and one’s height in meters. Photo by Pixabay/Pexels During one of my high school gym classes, I remember my teacher putting ...
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