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by wfisher
March 7th, 2012, 1:04 pm
Forum: Health & Fitness
Topic: Does anyone take the BMI seriously?
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Re: Does anyone take the BMI seriously?

Some comments on this topic from JAMA 307(1), 86-7 (2012) Obesity results from accumulation of excess body fat. Obesity is not simply excess body weight because overweight can occur from either muscle or fat deposition.7 Body weight and body mass index are useful in population studies in which exces...