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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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 ...
Medscape

BMI Misclassifies Many Adults With Obesity

Researchers using the gold-standard DEXA to measure body fat percentage showed that BMI misclassified a notable proportion of ...
Psychology Today

How do BMI Categories Apply to You?

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from your weight and height which makes it an inexpensive and easy screening for weights that may lead to health problems. Go to the National Institutes of ...
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Why We’re Not Using the Body Mass Index Anymore

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." So much importance is placed on a single number: Your body mass index, or BMI, which defines your ...
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What BMI does and doesn't say about your health, according to doctors

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At your last physical, your doctor may have recorded your body mass index (BMI). That statistic has long been thought of as an ...

BMI ‘misclassifying’ people as overweight or obese, new study warns

BMI ‘misclassifying’ people as overweight or obese, new study warns - Researchers in Italy compared the tool to scans which ...
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The Pros & Cons of BMI (& 8 Other Measurements That May Be More Useful for Weight Loss)

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.
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Study: BMI may not increase mortality independently of other risk factors

Body mass index (BMI) may not increase mortality independently of other risk factors in adults, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Aayush Visaria and ...
Psychology Today

What Does the BMI Reveal? The Underweight, Overweight, Obese, and Healthy

Most of us in Western medicine systems know which category of the body mass index, the “BMI,” our body matches. Our medical providers and the printouts after each office visit often highlight it for ...
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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 ...