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Measuring Obesity: A New, Maybe Better Alternative to BMI [Weighty Matters]
For years, obesity has been measured by BMI — Body Mass Index. The CDC calls BMI a "fairly reliable indicator of body fatness for most people." But critics call the BMI badly flawed, and in 2007, Kate Harding put together a slideshow demonstrating how problematic the BMI can be: A 5 foot tall size 4 woman is considered overweight; the average top fashion model's BMI is 16.
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Alternative Weight-For-Height Measurements May Improve On Body Mass Index (BMI) For Assessing Cancer Risk
A study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that body mass index (BMI) - the most commonly used weight-for-height formula for estimating fatness - may not be the best measure for esti... Read Post
Clinical Research Casts Doubt On Accuracy Of Obesity Measurements
The Body Benchmark Study was launched in March 2007, with the goal of developing the Body Volume Index (BVI) as a potential long-term replacement for the Body Mass Index (BMI) for the measurement of obesity and associated health ris... Read Post
Kate Harding Takes On The Body Mass Index [Weighty Issues]
The always awesome Kate Harding has put together a slideshow to debunk the Body Mass Index, a flawed method of measuring obesity levels based solely on weight vs. height ratio, with no attention paid to actual muscle vs. body fat. H... Read Post