BMI - is it a reliable indicator of good health?Tola OdejayiEezeeBeeMyne Whitman
Why BMI Isn’t Always a Good Indicator of Health Introduction Body Mass Index (BMI) has long been considered a standard measure of health, but is it always an accurate reflection of an individual’s well-being? This article delves into the limitations of BMI and why it may not be the be...
BMI is not a diagnostic tool nor is it a measurement of body fat percentage. A high BMI may or may not be an indicator of high body fat, but it doesn't necessarily mean that a person is overweight or obese and it alone is not a direct indicator of health. In some populations, BMI...
Waist-to-height ratio as an indicator of 'early health risk': simpler and more predictive than using a 'matrix' based on BMI and waist circumference There is now good evidence that central obesity carries more health risks compared with total obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI). It ...
BMI is not a diagnostic tool nor is it a measurement of body fat percentage. A high BMI may or may not be an indicator of high body fat, but it doesn't necessarily mean that a person is overweight or obese and it alone is not a direct indicator of health. ...
it calculates the BMI by dividing the weight by the square of the height. The result is then displayed to the user along with a personalized greeting. Additionally, the script evaluates the calculated BMI to provide a health status indicator, classifying the user's weight category as very under...
coined byAncel Keysand other authors of a paper published in theJournal of Chronic Diseases in July 1972. According to the paper, BMI was“at least as good as any other relative weight index as an indicator of relative obesity.”At least Keys acknowledged that it was“not fully satisfactory...
“A too-high or too-low BMI is not an ironclad guarantee that you will develop a chronic disease,” notes Dr. Heinberg. “Rather, it’s an important piece of information that you and your primary healthcare provider should look at within the context of evaluating you as a whole person....
In the second stage of the study, persons who did not express the consent for blood sampling were excluded from the study. As a result, the lipid profile (total cholesterol (TC), LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides (TG)) and glucose (GL) concentration were evaluated in 57 ...
BMI can only tell what is the mass related to height, it can’t tell too much about the health, but it can give us a warning when something is out of range. A good BMI can’t tell us that we are healthy, but a bad BMI can tell us that we are not. ...