Study warns reliance on BMI could misclassify millions with obesity
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A study in Nature suggests that Body Mass Index may be an unreliable tool for diagnosing obesity. Research indicates that relying on this measure alone could fail to identify up to nine percent of obese adults. Conversely, the study found that three percent of people are wrongly labeled as obese. These findings have led to requests for the use of more comprehensive diagnostic tools.
A new study published in Nature warns that using Body Mass Index alone may miss up to nine percent of obese adults and wrongly label three percent as obese, prompting calls for broader diagnostic measures.