Why body fat percentage beats BMI as a health measure
For decades, the body mass index has been the default tool doctors use to flag weight-related health risks BMI to body fat. A study published in the Annals of Family Medicine suggests that default may be leading clinicians in the wrong direction. Researchers at the University of Florida Health analyzed data from more than 4,000 […]
Body mass index has 4 serious limitations that every patient should understand right now
Body mass index is the health metric that has been doing the most work in clinical medicine for the longest time with the least justification for that level of trust. Developed by Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet in the 1830s as a statistical tool for describing population distributions, it was never designed as a clinical diagnostic […]