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BMI - Correct or Not?
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I am not having any problem but a query that keeps on coming to my mind I.e. out of curiosity I want to know facts about BMI. Is BMI correct measure for your weight? As I have heard from a friend of mine that BMI does not indicate correct health result and there exist another measure that certified dieticians may know. Please guide or provide me link of article, if any, on the same.
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Yes bmi does not indicate correct health but bmi indicate correct measure weight, as health is maintained by diet ,exercise, immunity power and healthy diet, exercise correct bmi if person is underweight or overweight
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Hi dear in a gross way calculating BMI is an easy tool to demarcate underweight ,normal or obese but it dosent gives the accurate measure of the body fat
So a waist circumference or waist to hip ratio will be a better marker of obesity
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Dr. Alok Tripathi
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Dr. Merlin
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Yes it’s accurate measurement of body weight with height of person
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