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Body Mass Index (BMI) flawed?
« on: May 19, 2019, 08:47:02 pm »
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:



https://www.sciencealert.com/the-healthiest-weight-could-actually-be-overweight-huge-study-finds


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





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