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Body mass index might be a more accurate measurement than commonly thought. New research shows that a vast majority of people with a BMI signifying obesity have substantial excess body fat.

There were 312 adults aged 24 years with high fat according to waist-to-height ratio, of whom 71.5% had a BMI in the overweight range, 17.3% had a normal BMI and 11.2% had obesity according to BMI.

BMI and weight-to-height indices are universally employed as markers of childhood obesity. However, BMI does not distinguish muscle mass from fat mass, and may misclassify children as overweight.

Obesity has a brand new definition now. This new description of the lifestyle disease—which goes beyond the currently accepted BMI (body-mass index) norms— has been proposed in a new report ...