BMI has been used for many years to determine if a person is underweight, normal, overweight, or obese. Some people think that the use of BMI as a weight measurement should be stopped. There is research that is showing that the use of BMI might be leading us to underestimate the amount of obesity. About 4 in 10 adults who are considered overweight according to the BMI measurement would actually be considered obese if body fat was taken into that measurement.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/03/health/obesity-rates-maybe-worse/index.html?hpt=he_c2
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