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Body Mass Index (BMI) flawed?

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Body Mass Index (BMI) flawed?
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A couple of studies in which the results challenge the BMI as a health index have been highlighted recently (May 19, 2019) by ScienceAlert even though the studies were done in 2016:



A study spanning almost four decades and involving more than 100,000 adults in Denmark found that those with an 'overweight' body mass index (or BMI) were more likely to live longer than ...
ScienceAlert · sciencealert.com



We may be able to get away with more excess pounds than we thought we could.





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